100-year-old specimens at California museum help determine when avian pox hit Galapagos
Sunday, January 16, 2011 - 14:30
in Paleontology & Archaeology
A research team from across the United States and Ecuador has pinpointed 1898 as the year the avipoxvirus, or avian pox, hit the Galapagos Islands and started infecting its birds. This estimation is vital to understanding avian diseases that affect today's Galapagos birds.