Highly pathogenic avian influenza viruses at the wild–domestic bird interface in Europe: future directions for research and surveillance

JH Verhagen, RAM Fouchier, N Lewis - Viruses, 2021 - mdpi.com
Highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) outbreaks in wild birds and poultry are no longer a
rare phenomenon in Europe. In the past 15 years, HPAI outbreaks—in particular those …

Avian diversity: Speciation, macroevolution, and ecological function

JA Tobias, J Ottenburghs… - Annual Review of Ecology …, 2020 - annualreviews.org
The origin, distribution, and function of biological diversity are fundamental themes of
ecology and evolutionary biology. Research on birds has played a major role in the history …

AVONET: morphological, ecological and geographical data for all birds

JA Tobias, C Sheard, AL Pigot, AJM Devenish… - Ecology …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Functional traits offer a rich quantitative framework for develo** and testing theories in
evolutionary biology, ecology and ecosystem science. However, the potential of functional …

Emergence and spread of novel H5N8, H5N5 and H5N1 clade 2.3. 4.4 highly pathogenic avian influenza in 2020

NS Lewis, AC Banyard, E Whittard… - Emerging Microbes & …, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
Analyses of HPAI H5 viruses from poultry outbreaks across a wide Eurasian region since
July 2020 including the Russian Federation, Republics of Iraq and Kazakhstan, and recent …

What have we learned from the first 500 avian genomes?

GA Bravo, CJ Schmitt… - Annual Review of Ecology …, 2021 - annualreviews.org
The increased capacity of DNA sequencing has significantly advanced our understanding of
the phylogeny of birds and the proximate and ultimate mechanisms molding their genomic …

A complete, telomere-to-telomere human genome sequence presents new opportunities for evolutionary genomics

Y Mao, G Zhang - Nature methods, 2022 - nature.com
The release of the first telomere-to-telomere (T2T) human genome sequence marks a
milestone for human genomics research and holds promise of complete genomes for …

Data types and the phylogeny of Neoaves

EL Braun, RT Kimball - Birds, 2021 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Some of the earliest studies using molecular data to resolve evolutionary
history separated birds into three main groups: Paleognathae (ostriches and allies) …

A high-density linkage map reveals broad- and fine-scale sex differences in recombination in the hihi (stitchbird; Notiomystis cincta)

HZ Tan, P Scherer, KC Stuart, S Bailey, KD Lee… - Heredity, 2024 - nature.com
Recombination, the process of DNA exchange between homologous chromosomes during
meiosis, plays a major role in genomic diversity and evolutionary change. Variation in …

Genome of an iconic Australian bird: High‐quality assembly and linkage map of the superb fairy‐wren (Malurus cyaneus)

JV Peñalba, Y Deng, Q Fang, L Joseph… - Molecular Ecology …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
The superb fairy‐wren, Malurus cyaneus, is one of the most iconic Australian passerine
species. This species belongs to an endemic Australasian clade, Meliphagides, which …

Comparative map** of the macrochromosomes of eight avian species provides further insight into their phylogenetic relationships and avian karyotype evolution

LG Kiazim, RE O'Connor, DM Larkin, MN Romanov… - Cells, 2021 - mdpi.com
Avian genomes typically consist of~ 10 pairs of macro-and~ 30 pairs of microchromosomes.
While inter-chromosomally, a pattern emerges of very little change (with notable exceptions) …