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Kiwi genome provides insights into evolution of a nocturnal lifestyle

BACKGROUND: Kiwi, comprising five species from the genus Apteryx, are endangered, ground-dwelling bird species endemic to New Zealand. They are the smallest and only nocturnal representatives of the ratites. The timing of kiwi adaptation to a nocturnal niche and the genomic innovations, which shaped...

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Autores principales: Le Duc, Diana, Renaud, Gabriel, Krishnan, Arunkumar, Almén, Markus Sällman, Huynen, Leon, Prohaska, Sonja J., Ongyerth, Matthias, Bitarello, Bárbara D., Schiöth, Helgi B., Hofreiter, Michael, Stadler, Peter F., Prüfer, Kay, Lambert, David, Kelso, Janet, Schöneberg, Torsten
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4511969/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26201466
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13059-015-0711-4