Genes pick species for new Noah's Ark

• Autores: Andy Coghlan
• Localización: New scientist, ISSN 0262-4079, Nº. 2962, 2014, pág. 12
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • Coghlan discusses how genetics can solve the Noah's Ark problem. Focusing on the most evolutionarily unique and ancient species could allow to save more branches of the tree of life, at the lowest cost and effort. Now a genetic analysis has found the most unique birds and identified 113 locations that hold more than half the global avian evolutionary diversity. The findings will be used to focus conservation efforts where they will have the biggest impact.