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Open Highlights: Birds, Blooms, and Evolving Diversity

Published October 4, 2018 Curated Collections

How the traits that distinguish species develop and diversify over time is a long-standing question in the field of evolutionary biology. This Open Highlight investigates how species have evolved their characteristic traits.

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