Princeton: A Tiny Marsupial is Upending Ideas About the Origins of Flying Mammals
April 18, 2023
April 18, 2023
PRINCETON, New Jersey, April 18 (TNSjou) -- Princeton University issued the following news:
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Flying squirrels, sugar gliders and bats haven't had a common ancestor in 160 million years, but they form their wing flaps using some of the same genetic ingredients.
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That's the intriguing finding from a Princeton-led team of biologists, detailed recently in the journal Science Advances. In other words, when the seven known flying mammals ev . . .
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Flying squirrels, sugar gliders and bats haven't had a common ancestor in 160 million years, but they form their wing flaps using some of the same genetic ingredients.
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That's the intriguing finding from a Princeton-led team of biologists, detailed recently in the journal Science Advances. In other words, when the seven known flying mammals ev . . .