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To: | Peter Shute <> |
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Subject: | Split of Rockhopper Penguin |
From: | Andrew Taylor <> |
Date: | Thu, 8 Feb 2007 11:28:25 +1100 |
On Thu, Feb 08, 2007 at 09:55:42AM +1100, Peter Shute wrote: > Yes, but how can they tell it happened recently and rapidly? The paper only presents mitochondrial DNA analyses. Several estimates of divergence time are discussed, all within the last million years. Nothing is said about the divergence being rapid though. I don't understand why they mention mating signals in the abstract as their data has no direct implications about signalling that I can see - but the lead author (Jouventin) is an expert on Penguin behaviour. There is a news article here: http://news.independent.co.uk/europe/article570948.ece Andrew =============================== www.birding-aus.org birding-aus.blogspot.com To unsubscribe from this mailing list, send the message: unsubscribe (in the body of the message, with no Subject line) to: =============================== |
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