Yellow warbler (IMAGE)

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Yellow warbler

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The research team found that one color-related gene has undergone a standard mode of evolution, with mutations arising in separate species. By contrast, portions of the second gene in some cases have been transferred between species through a process known as introgression, where hybrid birds mate with a parent species and, over generations, transfer genetic material.

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Todd Fellenbaum

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