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Nature Paper featuring Dr. H.C. Lim, "Dense sampling of bird diversity increases power of comparative genomics"

"Dense sampling of bird diversity increases power of comparative genomics" featuring Dr. HC Lim is available now in the Nature journal.  

Dr. H.C. Lim is in a consortium, Bird10K, that tries to sequence the genome of all extant bird species. This Nature paper was published 11/12/2020 with many researchers including Dr. Lim, while lab groups slowly work on their specific genome(s) and research questions.

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