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DNA study uncovers deeper losses across Hawaiian honeycreeper family tree

DNA study uncovers deeper losses across Hawaiian honeycreeper family treeWorldPing

Smithsonian researchers have identified the genetic relationships among all Hawaiian honeycreeper species known to have existed—and subsequently faced major losses—since the arrival of Europeans to the islands.

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