Finches (IMAGE)

Duke University

Finches

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Zebra finches, like this male and female pair (Taeniopygia guttata), are being used to study the effects of mutations in the gene behind Huntington's disease in humans.

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Keith Gerstung, via Wikimedia Commons

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