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Congrats to Sarah Khalil for her nice paper showing that sexual selection is driving introgression of alleles affecting plumage color from one subspecies of Fairywren into another. academic.oup.com/evolut/advan...
Adaptive introgression of putative carotenoid pigment genes explains geographic variation in a sexually-selected plumage trait
Abstract. Understanding the genetic architecture of sexually-selected traits is a fundamental goal in evolutionary biology because it can explain the const
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October 30, 2025 at 11:16 AM
Congrats to Sarah Khalil for her nice paper showing that sexual selection is driving introgression of alleles affecting plumage color from one subspecies of Fairywren into another. academic.oup.com/evolut/advan...
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Opinion | What we’ll lose if bird banding ends
Scientists have tagged birds for more than 100 years. That preservation program might be defunded.
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June 24, 2025 at 12:43 PM
The Bird Banding Lab is a vital resource for monitoring bird populations. Help protect it! www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/int...