A Phylogenomic Study of Birds Reveals Their Evolutionary History

@article{citeulike:2932283, abstract = {Deep avian evolutionary relationships have been difficult to resolve as a result of a putative explosive radiation. Our study examined [\~{}]32 kilobases of aligned nuclear DNA sequences from 19 independent loci for 169 species, representing all major extant groups, and recovered a robust phylogeny from a genome-wide signal supported by multiple analytical methods. We documented well-supported, previously unrecognized interordinal relationships (such as a sister relationship between passerines and parrots) and corroborated previously contentious groupings (such as flamingos and grebes). Our conclusions challenge current classifications and alter our understanding of trait evolution; for example, some diurnal birds evolved from nocturnal ancestors. Our results provide a valuable resource for phylogenetic and comparative studies in birds. 10.1126/science.1157704}, author = {Hackett, Shannon J. and Kimball, Rebecca T. and Reddy, Sushma and Bowie, Rauri C. and Braun, Edward L. and Braun, Michael J. and Chojnowski, Jena L. and Cox, Andrew W. and Han, Kin-Lan and Harshman, John and Huddleston, Christopher J. and Marks, Ben D. and Miglia, Kathleen J. and Moore, William S. and Sheldon, Frederick H. and Steadman, David W. and Witt, Christopher C. and Yuri, Tamaki }, citeulike-article-id = {2932283}, doi = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/science.1157704}, journal = {Science}, keywords = {bird, dna, evolution, nuclear, phylogeny}, month = {June}, number = {5884}, pages = {1763--1768}, posted-at = {2008-06-27 00:35:13}, priority = {2}, title = {A Phylogenomic Study of Birds Reveals Their Evolutionary History}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/science.1157704}, volume = {320}, year = {2008} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:2932283 L3 - citeulike-article-id:2932283 TI - A Phylogenomic Study of Birds Reveals Their Evolutionary History JF - Science VL - 320 IS - 5884 SP - 1763 EP - 1768 N2 - Deep avian evolutionary relationships have been difficult to resolve as a result of a putative explosive radiation. Our study examined [~]32 kilobases of aligned nuclear DNA sequences from 19 independent loci for 169 species, representing all major extant groups, and recovered a robust phylogeny from a genome-wide signal supported by multiple analytical methods. We documented well-supported, previously unrecognized interordinal relationships (such as a sister relationship between passerines and parrots) and corroborated previously contentious groupings (such as flamingos and grebes). Our conclusions challenge current classifications and alter our understanding of trait evolution; for example, some diurnal birds evolved from nocturnal ancestors. Our results provide a valuable resource for phylogenetic and comparative studies in birds. 10.1126/science.1157704 KW - bird KW - dna KW - evolution KW - nuclear KW - phylogeny AU - Hackett, Shannon AU - Kimball, Rebecca AU - Reddy, Sushma AU - Bowie, Rauri AU - Braun, Edward AU - Braun, Michael AU - Chojnowski, Jena AU - Cox, Andrew AU - Han, Kin-Lan AU - Harshman, John AU - Huddleston, Christopher AU - Marks, Ben AU - Miglia, Kathleen AU - Moore, William AU - Sheldon, Frederick AU - Steadman, David AU - Witt, Christopher AU - Yuri, Tamaki PY - 2008/06/27/ UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/science.1157704 ER -