Tim Birkhead鈥檚 The Red Canary (Phoenix, 拢8.99) is a fine introduction to genetics, but it may surprise you to learn that attempts to produce a scarlet singing bird began in the 1920s. 鈥淗an Duncker was to birds what Gregor Mendel was to peas,鈥� says Birkhead.
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