A 2010 study of mitochondrial DNA of the spoonbills by Chesser and colleagues found that the roseate and yellow-billed spoonbills were each other's closest relatives, and the two were descended from an early offshoot from the ancestors of the other four spoonbill species.
The Yellow Book standards help auditors hold the organizations they audit accountable. GAGAS contains requirements relating to ethics, independence, auditorsâ professional judgment and competence, quality control, performance of the audit, and reporting.
However, in 1985, the Yellow Book CD-ROM standard was established by Sony and Philips, which defined a non-volatile optical data computer data storage medium using the same physical format as audio compact discs, readable by a computer with a CD-ROM drive.