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Investigating warbler colors

A new study has narrowed down the region of the genome that drives the black color in the throat and face of warblers by studying the hybrid offspring of Golden-winged and Blue-winged Warblers.

The hybrids have a mix of coloration from the parent species, which allows researchers to identify which regions

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