From Dinosaurs to Birds: Researchers Derive Lessons about Human Evolution from Chicken Genome

Experts in bioinformatics at the University of California, San Diego have co-authored with other scientists the first large-scale comparison of mammal and bird genomes, published in the December 9 edition of Nature. The journal's cover story includes a draft sequence of the chicken genome assembled and analyzed by members of the International Chicken Genome Sequencing Consortium.

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