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Sandra Porter I am a microbiologist and molecular biologist turned tenured biotech faculty turned bioinformatics scientist turned entrepreneur. My passion is developing instructional materials for 21st century biology (Digital World Biology).

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A Thanksgiving mash-up

Category: BioinformaticsBiology (Macroscopic )DatabasesHolidaysWild Animals
Posted on: November 26, 2008 8:20 AM, by Sandra Porter

I suppose I should have expected this.

I thought it might be fun to see what the databases had to say about turkeys.

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So, I queried the NCBI databases, found a taxonomy reference, and started clicking related links to see pictures of the different species.

Why?
Because it would be great to see what the different species of turkies look like and compare them.


Here's a species of wild turkey that I didn't expect to find.

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Wild turkey, humph!

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