Sentences with phrase «affect beak size»
The researchers can't rule out that the other genes also affect beak size, but say HMGA2 is the gene most strongly associated with the trait.
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In a previous study from the same team the ALX1 gene was revealed to control beak shape (pointed or blunt) and now a gene (HMGA2) affecting beak size has been identified.