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Jewels · 01-24-2003, 12:59 PM

WASHINGTON, Jan. 23 — Call them “qucks” and “duails.” With a little egg tinkering, scientists replaced a duck’s flat bill with a quail’s pointy beak, breeding some funny-looking birds. But the experiment yielded more than an avian oddity. It uncovered some of the key cellular players in bird evolution — and more importantly, may lead to a better understanding of what causes facial birth defects such as cleft palate.

FOR FURTHER READING.. http://www.msnbc.com/news/863332.asp?cp1=1#BODY

01-24-2003, 12:59 PM	#1
Jewels Knight Jewels is offline Location: In the cornfields Now Playing: Why are there so many questions!? my head hurts... Posts: 595	Birds’ beaks switched for science WASHINGTON, Jan. 23 — Call them “qucks” and “duails.” With a little egg tinkering, scientists replaced a duck’s flat bill with a quail’s pointy beak, breeding some funny-looking birds. But the experiment yielded more than an avian oddity. It uncovered some of the key cellular players in bird evolution — and more importantly, may lead to a better understanding of what causes facial birth defects such as cleft palate. FOR FURTHER READING.. http://www.msnbc.com/news/863332.asp?cp1=1#BODY __________________ A computer once beat me at checkers, but it was no match for me at kick boxing.