How did the giraffe get its long neck? Clues now revealed by new genome sequencing
Tuesday, May 17, 2016 - 12:51
in Biology & Nature
For the first time, the genomes of the giraffe and its closest living relative, the reclusive okapi of the African rainforest, have been sequenced -- revealing the first clues about the genetic changes that led to the evolution of the giraffe's exceptionally long neck and its record-holding ranking as the world's tallest land species.