OU Researchers Use Genetics to Help Threatened Amazon Parrots
UpdatedThu, Apr 29, 2021 at 6:27 pm ET Reply Puerto Rican Parrot As part of a wide-ranging conservation effort, a group of Oakland University researchers has been mapping the DNA of Amazon parrot species from the Caribbean. The six species are native to the Yucatan Peninsula, in Central America, and the four Greater Antillean islands of Jamaica, Cuba, Hispaniola and Puerto Rico. The island species are all under threat, particularly the Puerto Rican Parrot, which has been classified as "critically endangered" and placed on the Red List of the International Union for Conservation of Nature. I...
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