• ⓝⓞ🅞🅝🅔@lemmy.caOP
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    14 days ago

    Just because it’s atypical doesn’t mean it’s a mistake.

    This stood out to me in the article. I even repeated it later to my partner later when talking about it. I’m very curious what the science says about this if it deviates from what they implied in the article.

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      14 days ago

      This study explores a representative example of it across species of fishes. If you want a deeper dive try searching for HGT and synteny index.

      Edit: Also conspecifics are members of the same species, while congenerics are members of the same genus. Another relevant search term.