[obol] Fwd: [BIRDWG01] Goodbye to Hoary (and Lesser) Redpolls
- From: Jeff Gilligan <jeffgilligan10@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: OBOL Birders Online <obol@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 31 Mar 2015 13:03:48 -0700
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> From: "Kevin J. McGowan" <kjm2@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: [BIRDWG01] Goodbye to Hoary (and Lesser) Redpolls
> Date: March 31, 2015 10:39:48 AM PDT
> To: BIRDWG01@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Reply-To: "Kevin J. McGowan" <kjm2@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>
> A new paper published this week by a couple of post-docs at Cornell shows no
> genetic difference among redpolls, despite total genome sampling. It's an
> oddly titled paper for the content this group would be interested in, so I
> thought I'd bring it to the group's attention.
>
> Nicholas A. Mason and Scott. A. Taylor. Differentially expressed genes match
> bill morphology and plumage despite largely undifferentiated genomes in a
> Holarctic
> songbird<http://cornell.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=b35ddb671faf4a16c0ce32406&id=fbec545b1e&e=1bb0e50835>.
> Molecular Ecology.
>
> Although nowhere in the paper does it actually mention species status, the
> upshot is that there is one circumpolar "genome," which means one species
> (they sampled Lesser Redpolls in Europe, too). Differences in physical
> appearance are the result of the expression of different genes from the
> entire suit that all the redpolls possess.
>
> As the Lab
> blog<http://cornell.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=b35ddb671faf4a16c0ce32406&id=69ccdd311c&e=1bb0e50835>
> post discussing the study puts it, "The new research suggests all the
> Common-Hoary confusion over the years may have been justified."
>
> Kevin
>
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