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Widespread nocturnality of living birds stemming from their common ancestor

BACKGROUND: Many living birds exhibit some nocturnal activity, but the genetic basis and evolutionary origins of their nocturnality remain unknown. RESULTS: Here, we used a molecular phyloecological approach to analyze the adaptive evolution of 33 phototransduction genes in diverse bird lineages. Ou...

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Autor principal: Wu, Yonghua
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6794809/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31619159
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12862-019-1508-y