Pigeon DNA Shown to Support Darwin's Work
Monday, February 4, 2013 - 12:00
in Biology & Nature
Humans have shaped the domestic pigeon into hundreds of breeds of various shapes, colors and attributes -- a diversity that captivated Charles Darwin, who even conducted breeding experiments on his own pigeons. Now, a number of domestic and feral pigeon genomes have been sequenced for the first time, giving scientists a resource for studying the genetics of how these traits evolved. [More]