[Maine-birds] Fwd: (APW) New Family Tree for Birds Spurs Ideas on Evolution

Found this article on the Bloomberg news wire. The link at the bottom of the page gets you to the new issue of Science Magazine. Click on the article named"A Flock of Genomes". There are several research papers attached about the project. If you are an insomniac these papers may help!!  Actually it may be very informative

Bill

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(APW) New Family Tree for Birds Spurs Ideas on Evolution

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New Family Tree for Birds Spurs Ideas on Evolution
2014-12-11 19:16:40.412 GMT


By MALCOLM RITTER
    New York (AP) -- Scientists have produced a new
evolutionary family tree for birds, drawing on a massive
analysis of DNA.
    The researchers compared the complete DNA codes of 48
species as varied as the bald eagle, the common cuckoo, two
kinds of penguin and a woodpecker.  They were chosen to
represent branches that lead to most of the more than 10,000
bird species alive today.
    The main results appear Thursday in the journal Science.
The findings suggest, for example, that flamingoes are more
closely related to pigeons than they are to pelicans or other
water birds. And they support the view that the common ancestor
of modern birds had no teeth, even though birds are descended
from dinosaurs.
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    Online:
    Science: http://sciencemag.org

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