2007.08.04

貓的演化

全球野生貓科動物完成基因定序,科學家不僅描繪出貓科的系譜樹,也揭露了牠們過去歲月裡幾次重要的遷徙。

(PHOTOILLUSTRATION BY JAMES PORTO; left to right: DLILLC Corbis (bobcat); RUSSELL GLENISTER image100/Corbis (domestic cat); TERRY WHITTAKER Frank Lane Picture Agency/Corbis (rusty-spotted cat); ZAINAL ZAHARI ZAINUDDIN (Asian golden cat); GETTY IMAGES (serval); DARRYL ESTRINE Getty Images (tiger); DANIEL J. FOX Corbis (puma); DAVE KING Getty Images (ocelot))

(PHOTOILLUSTRATION BY JAMES PORTO; left to right: DLILLC Corbis (bobcat); RUSSELL GLENISTER image100/Corbis (domestic cat); TERRY WHITTAKER Frank Lane Picture Agency/Corbis (rusty-spotted cat); ZAINAL ZAHARI ZAINUDDIN (Asian golden cat); GETTY IMAGES (serval); DARRYL ESTRINE Getty Images (tiger); DANIEL J. FOX Corbis (puma); DAVE KING Getty Images (ocelot))

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