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Capturing Migration In A Strand Of DNA: Feathers Reveal A Bird’s Origins
In a study led by Kristen Ruegg, a new method has been unveiled to figure out a bird’s migration route from its DNA in a single feather. Ruegg experimented on the Wilson’s Warbler, a tiny, black-capped yellow songbird that shows up as a migrant everywhere in between northern North America and Central America.