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Birds and breeding

Darwin's study of the bizarre results of artificial breeding of pigeons shed light on evolutionary processes.

An episode of the Darwin and Evolution - for iPad/Mac/PC podcast, hosted by The Open University, titled "Birds and breeding" was published on March 1, 2009 and runs 2 minutes.

March 1, 2009 ·2m · Darwin and Evolution - for iPad/Mac/PC

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Darwin's study of the bizarre results of artificial breeding of pigeons shed light on evolutionary processes.

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Darwin's study of the bizarre results of artificial breeding of pigeons shed light on evolutionary processes.

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