"International team maps 'big bang' of bird evolution" Topic
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| Tango01 | 18 Dec 2014 3:33 p.m. PST |
"The genomes of modern birds tell a story of how they emerged and evolved after the mass extinction that wiped out dinosaurs and almost everything else 66 million years ago. That story is now coming to light, thanks to an ambitious international collaboration that has been underway for four years. The first findings of the Avian Phylogenomics Consortium are being reported nearly simultaneously in 29 papers -- eight papers in a Dec. 12 special issue of Science and 21 more in Genome Biology, GigaScience and other journals. Scientists already knew that the birds who survived the mass extinction experienced a rapid burst of evolution. But the family tree of modern birds has confused biologists for centuries and the molecular details of how birds arrived at the spectacular biodiversity of more than 10,000 species is barely known…"
Full article here
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| jpattern2 | 18 Dec 2014 4:32 p.m. PST |
Very cool! One of the referenced papers discusses the evolution of vocalization in birds, another describes how they lost their teeth. I love this stuff! |
| Zargon | 18 Dec 2014 5:40 p.m. PST |
Can they find out when this will happen with those 'pesky hominids' :)
Cheers and yes this is fun gets one speculating if mammals weren't around, perhaps Avianids instead? |
| Tango01 | 19 Dec 2014 10:24 a.m. PST |
Glad you enjoyed the article boys. Amicalement
Armand |
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