Mapping of the canary genome

Date:

February 4, 2015

Source:

Max-Planck-Gesellschaft

Summary:

Nature lovers are fascinated by the increasing number of singing birds when spring is approaching. Scientists also take advantage of this seasonal phenomenon because they are able to investigate the underlying mechanism; however the evolutionary and molecularbiological background is largely unknown. Biologists have now sequenced the genome of the canary.

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