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A genetic signature of the evolution of loss of flight in the Galapagos cormorant.
Science (New York, N.Y.) - 2 Jun 2017
Burga Alejandro, Wang Weiguang, Ben-David Eyal, Wolf Paul C, Ramey Andrew M, Verdugo Claudio, Lyons Karen, Parker Patricia G, Kruglyak Leonid
Abstract excerpt
We have a limited understanding of the genetic and molecular basis of evolutionary changes in the size and proportion of limbs. We studied wing and pectoral skeleton reduction leading to flightlessness in the Galapagos cormorant (Phalacrocorax harrisi). We sequenced and de novo assembled the genomes of four cormorant species and applied a predictive and comparative genomics approach to find candidate variants...
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