Texas A&M University: CVM Researcher Finds Chickens, Pigeons Share Mutation for Feathered Feet
May 15, 2020
May 15, 2020
COLLEGE STATION, Texas, May 15 -- Texas A&M University's College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences issued the following news release:
A team of researchers including Dr. Leif Andersson, a professor at the Texas A&M College of Veterinary Medicine & Biomedical Sciences (CVM), has found that parallel evolution between domesticated chickens and pigeons has resulted in regulatory mutations in the same genes that govern foot feathering in both species.
A team of researchers including Dr. Leif Andersson, a professor at the Texas A&M College of Veterinary Medicine & Biomedical Sciences (CVM), has found that parallel evolution between domesticated chickens and pigeons has resulted in regulatory mutations in the same genes that govern foot feathering in both species.