Unlike microevolutionary processes, little is known about the genetic basis of
macroevolutionary processes. One of these magnificent examples is the transition from non …

Genomic data are important for understanding the origin and evolution of traits. Under the
context of rapidly developing of sequencing technologies and more widely available …

Birds are the most species-rich class of tetrapod vertebrates and have wide relevance
across many research fields. We explored bird macroevolution using full genomes from 48 …

Despite receiving significant recent attention, the relevance of structural variation (SV) in
driving phenotypic diversity remains understudied, although recent advances in long‐read …

Cap Analysis of Gene Expression (CAGE) in combination with single-molecule sequencing
technology allows precision mapping of transcription start sites (TSSs) and genome-wide …

The evolution of avian feathers has recently been illuminated by fossils and the identification
of genes involved in feather patterning and morphogenesis. However, molecular studies …

A particularly critical event in avian evolution was the transition from long-to short-tailed
birds. Primitive bird tails underwent significant alteration, most notably reduction of the …

Developmental genomics is a rapidly growing field, and high-quality genomes are a useful
foundation for comparative developmental studies. A high-quality genome forms an …

Organismal adaptations are the hallmark of natural selection. Studies of adaptations in avian
systems have been central to key conceptual and empirical advances in the field of …

Recent progress has been made in identifying genomic regions implicated in trait evolution
on a microevolutionary scale in many species, but whether these are relevant over …