Aegypius
| Aegypius | |
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| Cinereous vulture, (Aegypius monachus) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Accipitriformes |
| Family: | Accipitridae |
| Subfamily: | Aegypiinae |
| Genus: | Aegypius Savigny, 1809 |
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Aegypius is a genus of
The only extant species from this genus is the Cinereous Vulture or Aegypius monachus. This vulture is one of the largest birds of prey and it plays a huge role in its various ecosystems by eating carcasses, and which in turn reduces the spread of diseases.[3] The vultures are constantly exposed to many pathogens because of their eating habits.[3] A study on the gastric and immune defense systems done in 2015, sequenced the entire genome of the cinereous genome.[3] Comparing the vulture and the bald eagle, will allow the study to find positively selected genetic variations associated with respiration and the ability of the vulture's immune defense responses and gastric acid secretion to digest carcasses.[3]
References
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Further reading
- Genetic diversity is retained in a bottlenecked Cinereous Vulture population in Turkey E Çakmak, Çİ Akin Pekşen, Cİİ Kİrazli, Eİ Yamaç, S Bensch, CC Bilgin Ibis 161 (4), 793-805 6 2019
- Extremely low mitochondrial DNA diversity in a near threatened species, the Cinereous Vulture Aegypius monachus in Turkey E Çakmak, ÇA Pekçen, C Kirazlı, E Yamaç, CC Bilgin Ardea 107 (1), 85-92