Avian evolution, Gondwana biogeography and the Cretaceous–Tertiary mass extinction event

J Cracraft - Proceedings of the Royal Society of London …, 2001 - royalsocietypublishing.org
The fossil record has been used to support the origin and radiation of modern birds
(Neornithes) in Laurasia after the Cretaceous–Tertiary mass extinction event, whereas …

Feather mites (Acari: Astigmata): ecology, behavior, and evolution

HC Proctor - Annual review of entomology, 2003 - annualreviews.org
Birds host many lineages of symbiotic mites, but the greatest diversity is shown by the three
superfamilies of astigmatan feather mites: Analgoidea, Pterolichoidea, and Freyanoidea …

Identification of birds through DNA barcodes

PDN Hebert, MY Stoeckle, TS Zemlak, CM Francis - PLoS biology, 2004 - journals.plos.org
Short DNA sequences from a standardized region of the genome provide a DNA barcode for
identifying species. Compiling a public library of DNA barcodes linked to named specimens …

Comprehensive DNA barcode coverage of North American birds

KCR Kerr, MY Stoeckle, CJ Dove… - Molecular ecology …, 2007 - Wiley Online Library
DNA barcoding seeks to assemble a standardized reference library for DNA‐based
identification of eukaryotic species. The utility and limitations of this approach need to be …

Higher-order phylogeny of modern birds (Theropoda, Aves: Neornithes) based on comparative anatomy. II. Analysis and discussion

BC Livezey, RL Zusi - Zoological journal of the Linnean Society, 2007 - academic.oup.com
In recent years, avian systematics has been characterized by a diminished reliance on
morphological cladistics of modern taxa, intensive palaeornithogical research stimulated by …

[КНИГА][B] Systematics and taxonomy of Australian birds

L Christidis, W Boles - 2008 - books.google.com
Systematics and Taxonomy of Australian Birds presents an up-to-date classification of
Australian birds. Building on the authors 1994 book, The Taxonomy and Species of Birds of …

Basal divergences in birds and the phylogenetic utility of the nuclear RAG-1 gene

JG Groth, GF Barrowclough - Molecular phylogenetics and evolution, 1999 - Elsevier
The single-copy RAG-1 gene is found throughout higher vertebrates and consists of a single
3.1-kb exon without intervening introns. A 2.9-kb region of the RAG-1 locus was sequenced …

Phylogeny of eagles, Old World vultures, and other Accipitridae based on nuclear and mitochondrial DNA

HRL Lerner, DP Mindell - Molecular phylogenetics and evolution, 2005 - Elsevier
We assessed phylogenetic relationships for birds of prey in the family Accipitridae using
molecular sequence from two mitochondrial genes (1047 bases ND2 and 1041 bases cyt-b) …

Evolution of modern birds revealed by mitogenomics: timing the radiation and origin of major orders

MA Pacheco, FU Battistuzzi, M Lentino… - Molecular Biology …, 2011 - academic.oup.com
Mitochondrial (mt) genes and genomes are among the major sources of data for
evolutionary studies in birds. This places mitogenomic studies in birds at the core of intense …

The deep divergences of neornithine birds: a phylogenetic analysis of morphological characters

G Mayr, J Clarke - Cladistics, 2003 - Wiley Online Library
Consensus is elusive regarding the phylogenetic relationships among neornithine (crown
clade) birds. The ongoing debate over their deep divergences is despite recent increases in …