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Gene loss due to one-sided diet: Evolutionary adaptation could be dangerous for predators

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Phys.org

Publication Date
2022-01-20

A team of scientists from the Senckenberg Gesellschaft für Naturforschung, the LOEWE Center for Translational Biodiversity Genomics (TBG), and the Leibniz Institute for Zoo and Wildlife Research investigated whether evolutionary changes in diet can result in the loss of genes, using 52 recent and 31 extinct mammal species as examples.

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https://phys.org/news/2022-01-gene-loss-due-one-sided-diet.html