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.
Xanth/o is the word root and combining form for the color yellow. A couple of somewhat common medical conditions using this word part are xanthoma and xanthelasma. Xanthoma includes the suffix -oma meaning tumor. Xanthoma is a yellow tumor.