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Genes "Lost" in Whales and Dolphins Helped Their Ancestors Transition to Full-Time Life Underwater (1 of 1)

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Genes "Lost" in Whales and Dolphins Helped Their Ancestors Transition to Full-Time Life Underwater (1 of 1)

image: Illustration of whales and dolphins. This material relates to a paper that appeared in the September 25th, 2019, issue of Science Advances, published by AAAS. The paper, by M. Huelsmann at Max Planck Institute of Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics in Dresden, Germany, and colleagues was titled, "Genes lost during the transition from land to water in cetaceans highlight genomic changes associated with aquatic adaptations." view more 

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