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Great Tit Telomeres, Baby Talk, Brainy Birds

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The Telomere does not contain useful genetic information, but rater, acts as a buffer. In this study, published in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, a group of juvenile zebra finches was allowed to interact with an adult. Telomeres are repetitive sequences of genetic material sitting at the ends of genes.

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Come@Me: Don’t Mourn for Extinct Birds

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Pink Pigeons were once found throughout Mauritius, but by the 19th century the population became fragmented and by 1986 only 12 or 16 pigeons remained, depending on your source of information, less than 12 by 1991. And, as we find out in a blogged coda to the episode , they can’t even take care of their eggs. On the WCS web page, Ms.

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Collaborative List – August 2017

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Monkey Mia. Monkey Mia. Mark Hatfield Marine Science Center and Estuary Trail. Monkey Mia. Monkey Mia. Monkey Mia. Little Tinamou – Crypturellus soui. casa botania. 20 Jan 2017. Thicket Tinamou – Crypturellus cinnamomeus. riparian zone route 254. 30 Apr 2017. Emu – Dromaius novaehollandiae.

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