hello everyone,

i have been immersed in writing a story about an elegant research study of
yellow-rumped warblers that was just published in the journal EVOLUTION by
a group from UBC. basically, this study shows that audubon's warblers have
"borrowed" mitochondria from myrtle warblers and thus, they are (mostly)
migratory, just as myrtle warblers are. however, there is a sedentary
population of black-fronted warblers in mexico whose mitochondria are
present in the southern population of audubon's warblers -- and those
warblers are also sedentary!

here's the story, along with links to several very interesting papers that
you may enjoy reading:

http://www.theguardian.com/science/grrlscientist/2013/oct/03/songbirds-warblers-mitochondria-migration

please feel free to share,

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