A GLOBAL PHYLOGENY OF BIRDS
A GLOBAL PHYLOGENY OF BIRDS. Citation: Any use of full or partial (subset) tree data in research work requires the following citation: Jetz, W., G. H. Thomas, J. B. Joy, K. Hartmann, and A. O. Mooers. 2012. The global diversity of birds in space and time. Nature 491:444-448.
A comprehensive phylogeny of birds (Aves) using targeted next …
Oct 7, 2015 · Birds (Aves) are the most diverse lineage of extant tetrapod vertebrates. They comprise over 10,000 living species 2, and exhibit an extraordinary diversity in morphology, ecology, and behaviour...
Complexity of avian evolution revealed by family-level genomes
Apr 1, 2024 · The resulting phylogenetic estimate offers fresh insights into the rapid radiation of modern birds and provides a taxon-rich backbone tree for future comparative studies.
Most detailed bird evolutionary tree reveals new and surprising ...
Apr 2, 2024 · Researchers have created the most detailed evolutionary tree of birds to date. It proposes an entirely new group of birds that connects the smallest flying birds to the largest, as well as showing in finer detail how birds diversified rapidly after the extinction of the dinosaurs.
isolated 259 genetic loci from 198 living bird species and two crocodilians, and constructed a phylogeny. The tree reveals a clear picture of avian evolution.
A complete and dynamic tree of birds - bioRxiv
May 22, 2024 · We present a complete, time-scaled, evolutionary tree of the world's bird species. This tree unites phylogenetic estimates for 9,239 species from 262 studies published between 1990 and 2024, using the Open Tree synthesis algorithm.
Ornithologists Publish Most Comprehensive Avian Tree of Life
Oct 9, 2015 · Phylogeny of birds. The five major, successive, neoavian sister clades are: Strisores (brown), Columbaves (purple), Gruiformes (yellow), Aequorlitornithes (blue), and Inopinaves (green). Background colors mark geological periods.
Tree of Life for modern birds revealed - The University of Sydney
Apr 2, 2024 · The largest study ever undertaken of modern bird genomes, the scientists combined genomic data of more than 360 bird species with data from nearly 200 bird fossils to reconstruct the most well-supported Tree of Life for modern birds.
From Dinosaurs to Hummingbirds: New Family Tree Revises Our ...
Apr 3, 2024 · By employing full genome data across 363 bird species, this is the largest-ever dataset used for phylogenetic analyses of birds. The team built a new pipeline to extract over 150,000 regions spread out across the genome.
The Origin and Diversification of Birds - ScienceDirect
Oct 5, 2015 · Summary phylogeny (genealogical tree) of birds. The phylogeny shows where birds fit into the larger vertebrate family tree and the relationships of the earliest birds and their closest dinosaurian relatives (based on [2] and other studies cited therein).