Thursday, 31 January 2013

NBCNews.com: Technology & Science: How rock pigeons get their mullets

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How rock pigeons get their mullets
Jan 31st 2013, 23:12

Two rock pigeon breeds, the old Dutch capuchine (left) and komorner tumbler, are not closely related, yet they both have feathery ornamentation on their heads known as a crest.The rock pigeon's funky hairdos have been pinned to a single gene mutation that signals head and neck feathers to grow up rather than down in a tamer fashion, report researchers who have just decoded the bird's genome.


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