After dinosaurs, mammals rise but their genomes get smaller
Tuesday, July 28, 2009 - 06:07
in Paleontology & Archaeology
Evidence buried in the chromosomes of animals and plants strongly suggests only one group - mammals - have seen their genomes shrink after the dinosaurs' extinction. What's more, that trend continues today, say Indiana University Bloomington scientists in the first issue of a new journal, Genome Biology and Evolution...