#  Study Reveals New Insights Into Development and Adaptation of Beak Shape 

 





September 24, 2012

 

 

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 **Arhat** **Abzhanov** principal investigator in new study of Caribbean bullfinches in *[Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences](http://www.pnas.org/content/early/2012/09/12/1206205109.abstract)* that offers new insights into the development and adaptation of beak shape and shows the molecular signals that produce beak shapes show even more variation than is apparent on the surface. [Full Story](http://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2012/09/pecking-order/).



 

 

 



 

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