When a once-“frozen” piece of chromosome thawed, here’s what happened.
For years, scientists have split neoaves into two groups: doves/flamingos and everything else. Now, a pair of new studies suggests that doves and flamingos may be more distantly related that we realized. This new family took shape after the discovery of a biologically “frozen” piece of chromosome that didn’t mix with nearby DNA as scientists were expecting.Birds are a symbol of resilience—avian survivors of one of the most cataclysmic events in Earth’s history.
”A decade ago, a Braun and his team analyzed genomes of 48 species, which split neoaves—a clade that includes almost all bird species —into two groups: doves and flamingos in one and all other birds in the other. But after analyzing some 363 bird species, another story began to emerge. The team saw four main groups emerging, and noticed that doves and flamingos were infact more distantly related than originally thought.
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