Evolutionary relationships among birds in Neoaves, the clade comprising the vast majority of
avian diversity, have vexed systematists due to the ancient, rapid radiation of numerous …

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 …

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 …

Estimates of global species diversity have varied widely, primarily based on variation in the
numbers derived from different inventory methods of arthropods and other small …

Background Determining the evolutionary relationships among the major lineages of extant
birds has been one of the biggest challenges in systematic biology. To address this …

Reconstructing relationships among extant birds (Neornithes) has been one of the most
difficult problems in phylogenetics, and, despite intensive effort, the avian tree of life remains …

The widespread application of high-throughput sequencing in studying evolutionary
processes and patterns of diversification has led to many important discoveries. However …

Although massively parallel sequencing has facilitated large-scale DNA sequencing,
comparisons among distantly related species rely upon small portions of the genome that …

Although reconstruction of the phylogeny of living birds has progressed tremendously in the
last decade, the evolutionary history of Neoaves—a clade that encompasses nearly all living …

Next generation sequencing (NGS) technologies are revolutionizing many biological
disciplines but have been slow to take root in phylogeography. This is partly due to the …