Iconic Darwin finch genome sequenced in Genome 10K international collaboration

Friday, August 17, 2012 - 09:30 in Biology & Nature

Scientists have sequenced the genome of one of the iconic Galapagos finches first described by Charles Darwin. The genome of the medium ground finch (Geospiza fortis) is among the first of a planned 100 genomes of vertebrate species to be sequenced and released by an international collaboration between the Genome 10K project and BGI.

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