Did a ‘light’ genome help birds take flight?

A smaller genome evolved in dinosaurs, long before birds learned to fly.

A study of dinosaur genomes hints that the early evolution of a smaller genome might have been necessary for later vertebrates to take to the skies.

Read the story here.

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Did a ‘light’ genome help birds take flight?

A smaller genome evolved in dinosaurs, long before birds learned to fly.

A study of dinosaur genomes hints that the early evolution of a smaller genome might have been necessary for later vertebrates to take to the skies.

Read the story here.

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