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World-First Study Finds Surprisingly Common Mismatch Between Wild Australian Birds’ Sexual Characteristics And Genetics

World-First Study Finds Surprisingly Common Mismatch Between Wild Australian Birds’ Sexual Characteristics And Genetics

A study of five common Australian bird species in southeast Queensland has found on average, 4.8 percent of them have sexual organs that don’t align with their chromosomes. The authors don’t know the cause of the deviation from biology textbooks, nor how representative the findings are for avian populations elsewhere, but it does appear to be more common than thought …

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