Turtles more closely related to birds than lizards and snakes, genetic evidence shows
Wednesday, May 23, 2012 - 20:30
in Biology & Nature
Having recently looked at more than a thousand of the least-changed regions in the genomes of turtles and their closest relatives, biologists have confirmed that turtles are most closely related to crocodilians and birds rather than to lizards, snakes, and tuataras.