Genomes, Feathers, and Flight: Biodiversity and Evolution Through the Lens of Genomics
Update: 2014-08-12
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For the first time in the history of evolutionary biology, naturalists and comparative biologists have access to the genome – the complete catalog of genes and regulatory structures – of an increasing number of species. At the same time, through online databases and specimen catalogs, scientists are gaining increasing access to a variety of ecological, morphological, and behavioral traits of large numbers of species across the Tree of Life. The result is an unprecedented opportunity to determine the genomic origins of key adaptations and innovations and their links with environmental and geological change.
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