Darwin Inquiry and Articles
Darwin?s Finches: HARVARD GAZETTE ARCHIVES Copyright 2006 by the President and Fellows of Harvard College Arkhat Abzhanov checks out a selection of Darwin's finches preserved in the Harvard Museum of Natural History. He and his colleagues discovered a molecule that controls the length of the birds' beaks, which enhance their ability to survive on available seeds and insects. (Staff photo Kris Snibbe/Harvard News Office) How Darwin's finches got their beaks: A gene's-eye view of evolution William J. Cromie, Harvard News Office: Modified for A.G.B.U. Manoogian School