Bird chromosomes, which have been investigated scientifically for more than a century,
present a number of unique features. In general, bird karyotypes have a high diploid number …

In the last few decades, there have been great efforts to reconstruct the phylogeny of
Neoaves based mainly on DNA sequencing. Despite the importance of karyotype data in …

The chicken is the most extensively studied species in birds and thus constitutes an ideal
reference for comparative genomics in birds. Comparative cytogenetic studies indicate that …

Like various other diurnal birds of prey, the world's largest eagle, the Harpy (Harpia harpyja),
presents an atypical bird karyotype with 2 n= 58 chromosomes. There is little knowledge …

Evolutionary cytogenetics can take confidence from methodological and analytical advances
that promise to speed up data acquisition and analysis. Drastic chromosomal reshuffling has …

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) …

The karyotypes of 234 bird species from published reports were analysed with respect to
diploid number of chromosomes, number of macro‐and microchromosomes, length of …

Birds are characterised by feathers, flight, a small genome and a very distinctive karyotype.
Despite the large numbers of chromosomes, the diploid count of 2n≈ 80 has remained …

Cross-species chromosome painting can directly visualize syntenies between diverged
karyotypes and, thus, increase our knowledge on avian genome evolution. DNA libraries of …

Interchromosomal rearrangements involving microchromosomes are rare events in birds. To
date, they have been found mostly in Psittaciformes, Falconiformes, and Cuculiformes …