Topic: Wes Warren

Songbird genome may shed light on speech disorders

LONDON (Reuters) - Scientists have cracked the genetic code of a songbird for the first time, identifying more than 800 genes linked to song learning in a finding that may shed light on human speech disorders.Baby zebra finches learn to sing in ...

Platypus: Weird Down to the Genes

It has hair but it also lays eggs! Male platypuses can deliver venom from their hind legs - an ability that appears to have evolved after the platypus split off on its own from the evolutionary tree about 160 million years ago. ...