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Galapagos Finch Evolution

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In the news article World News, Gautam Naik did a study on Galapagos Finches. He has identified a gene in Galapagos finches studied by a naturalist Charles Darwin that shows a unique beak shape and that played a role in the birds' evolution over the past hundreds of years from a common ancestor. The studies show the genetic formation of evolution, including how genes can flow from one species to another, how different versions of a gene within a species can contribute to the formation of new species, and how they can be transferred into another bird or species from genes. These birds have a different beak shape from other birds in the world. Thier beak can differ from how to get their food, how they eat, and how they hunt to find their food.

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