"Nature": "Migrating Genes" Let Birds Go Home

Photo courtesy of Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences ,Eurasian Peregrine Falcon Migration System

The migratory routes of birds are almost all over the world.

On March 4, the Zhan Xiangjiang Laboratory of the Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences published the latest results on bird migration in Nature Online.

"Our research comprehensively combines multiple new research methods such as remote sensing satellite tracking, genomics, neurobiology, etc.

Researchers spent 6 years wearing satellite trackers for 56 peregrine falcons in the main breeding grounds of the Arctic Circle to construct a migration system for the Arctic peregrine falcons.

Through comparative analysis of population genomes, the researchers discovered for the first time that a gene related to memory ability, ADCY8, is positively selected in long-distance migratory populations.

Related paper information: org/10.