Transcriptomics explains how 15 species of finch evolved from a single ancestor
Thursday, August 30, 2018 - 09:30
in Paleontology & Archaeology
Darwin's finches show enormous diversity in beak shape and size that varies with diet. The EU-funded Finch Evo-Devo project has used genomics plus – transcriptomics – to explain how 15 species of finch evolved from a single ancestor which landed on the Galapagos Islands.