Painting of museum specimens of extinct Bachman's warbler (IMAGE)

Penn State

Painting of museum specimens of extinct Bachman's warbler

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A painting of museum specimens of Bachman's warbler. The extinct songbird was a distinct species, and not a hybrid of two closely related living species, according to a new study in which the full genomes of seven museum specimens of the bird were sequenced. A paper describing the study, led by Penn State researchers, highlights the crucial role that museum collections can play in science.

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Isabella Kirkland, 2011, oil and alkyd on wood, 15.75” x 19.75”

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