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Unusual evolutionary development in Leach’s storm petrels

Published on: 28. February 2018
Author: Camilla Næss

The genetic relationships between different populations of what was formerly known to belong to the species Leach’s storm petrel have been complicated for a long time. Researchers have now compared DNA from nearly 300 different individu

Unusual evolutionary development in Leach’s storm petrels

By: Erlend Lorentzen/SEAPOP

Since birds have the ability to move over large areas relatively quickly, we tend to consider vast areas of land and i

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