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The last wild Spix's Macaw and an Illiger's Macaw produced a hybrid

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The one remaining wild male Spix's macaw(Cyanopsitta spixii) chose a femaleIlliger's macaw (Propyrrhura maracana) asa mate. Eggs were found in the nest used by thecouple and one of them contained an embryo.Sequence variation in CHD1-Z and CHD1-W genesshowed that it was a natural hybrid.

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  1. Departamento de Biologia, IB, USP, Rua do Matão 277, 05508-900, São Paulo, SP, Brazil

    Cristina Y. Miyaki & Patricia J. Faria

  2. DEEB, Glasgow University, Glasgow, G12 8QQ, Scotland

    Richard Griffiths

  3. Projeto Ararinha-Azul, C.P. 1, 48930-000, Curaçá, Brazil

    João C.C. Araujo & Yara M. Barros

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Miyaki, C.Y., Faria, P.J., Griffiths, R. et al. The last wild Spix's Macaw and an Illiger's Macaw produced a hybrid. Conservation Genetics 2, 53–55 (2001). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1011584225656

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