Bird Genomics

The genetic basis of the kākāpō structural color polymorphism suggests balancing selection by an extinct apex predator

The information contained in population genomic data can tell us much about the past ecology and evolution of species. We leveraged …

Lara Urban, Anna W. Santure, Lydia Uddstrom, Andrew Digby, Deidre Vercoe, Daryl Eason, Jodie Crane, Kākāpō Recovery Team, Matthew J. Wylie, Tāne Davis, Marissa F. LeLec, Joseph Guhlin, Simon Poulton, Jon Slate, Alana Alexander, Patricia Fuentes-Cross, Peter K. Dearden, Neil J. Gemmell, Farhan Azeem, Marvin Weyland, Harald G. L. Schwefel, Cock Van Oosterhout, Hernán E. Morales