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Do Snowy Owls really belong in genus Bubo?

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In fact, in 2009, Wink et al. published a study that this time included nuclear DNA along with the mtDNA: Molecular phylogeny of owls (Strigiformes) inferred from DNA sequences of the mitochondrial cytochrome b and the nuclear RAG-1 gene.

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