Here’s the new bird family tree. It’s amazing.
10,000 Birds
DECEMBER 20, 2014
processed the entire genomes of 48 bird species and compared nearly 42 million base pairs of DNA (Hackett et al. Ratites, Tinamous, and Fowl. Now we move on to the Neognathae , which also has two very deep branches that lead to all the other living species of birds. So do parrots, some songbirds, humans, and a few other mammals.
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