Major evolutionary study rewrites bird ‘tree of life’ (1)

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	Major evolutionary study rewrites bird ‘tree of life’ (1)

einbar

6-27-2008 1:07 PM

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new understanding of the evolutionary relationships of birds that it affords was possible only because of the technological advances of the last few years that have enabled us to sample larger portions of genomes,”

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