Blue whale genome reveals the animals’ extraordinary evolutionary history

[rangerrebew]

Blue whale genome reveals the animals’ extraordinary evolutionary history

 

These insights now allow tracking the evolutionary history of the worlds’ largest animal and its relatives in unprecedented detail. Surprisingly, the genomes show that rorquals have been hybridizing during their evolutionary history. In addition, rorquals seem to have separated into different species in the absence of geographical barriers. This phenomenon, called sympatric speciation, is very rare in animals. The study has just been published in Science Advances.

https://www.heritagedaily.com/2018/04/118741/118741

[truth_seeker]

Interesting topic.

DNA science is looking into what human traits might be traced to the small Neanderthal content of human hybrid species.

Early stages though.

http://www.abroadintheyard.com/20-physical-traits-inherited-from-neanderthal/