A Phylogenomic Study of Birds Reveals Their Evolutionary History

@article{citeulike:2932283, abstract = {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 from 19 independent loci for 169 species, representing all major extant groups, and recovered a robust phylogeny from a genome-wide signal supported by multiple analytical methods. We documented well-supported, previously unrecognized interordinal relationships (such as a sister relationship between passerines and parrots) and corroborated previously contentious groupings (such as flamingos and grebes). Our conclusions challenge current classifications and alter our understanding of trait evolution; for example, some diurnal birds evolved from nocturnal ancestors. Our results provide a valuable resource for phylogenetic and comparative studies in birds. 10.1126/science.1157704}, author = {Hackett, Shannon J. and Kimball, Rebecca T. and Reddy, Sushma and Bowie, Rauri C. and Braun, Edward L. and Braun, Michael J. and Chojnowski, Jena L. and Cox, Andrew W. and Han, Kin-Lan and Harshman, John and Huddleston, Christopher J. and Marks, Ben D. and Miglia, Kathleen J. and Moore, William S. and Sheldon, Frederick H. and Steadman, David W. and Witt, Christopher C. and Yuri, Tamaki }, citeulike-article-id = {2932283}, comment = {Gene-based reconstruction of evolutionary tree based on maximum likelohood method.}, doi = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/science.1157704}, journal = {Science}, keywords = {evolution}, month = {June}, number = {5884}, pages = {1763--1768}, posted-at = {2008-07-03 23:25:24}, priority = {0}, title = {A Phylogenomic Study of Birds Reveals Their Evolutionary History}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/science.1157704}, volume = {320}, year = {2008} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:2932283 L3 - citeulike-article-id:2932283 N2 - 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 from 19 independent loci for 169 species, representing all major extant groups, and recovered a robust phylogeny from a genome-wide signal supported by multiple analytical methods. We documented well-supported, previously unrecognized interordinal relationships (such as a sister relationship between passerines and parrots) and corroborated previously contentious groupings (such as flamingos and grebes). Our conclusions challenge current classifications and alter our understanding of trait evolution; for example, some diurnal birds evolved from nocturnal ancestors. Our results provide a valuable resource for phylogenetic and comparative studies in birds. 10.1126/science.1157704 IS - 5884 JF - Science EP - 1768 TI - A Phylogenomic Study of Birds Reveals Their Evolutionary History VL - 320 SP - 1763 KW - evolution N1 - Gene-based reconstruction of evolutionary tree based on maximum likelohood method. AU - Hackett, Shannon AU - Kimball, Rebecca AU - Reddy, Sushma AU - Bowie, Rauri AU - Braun, Edward AU - Braun, Michael AU - Chojnowski, Jena AU - Cox, Andrew AU - Han, Kin-Lan AU - Harshman, John AU - Huddleston, Christopher AU - Marks, Ben AU - Miglia, Kathleen AU - Moore, William AU - Sheldon, Frederick AU - Steadman, David AU - Witt, Christopher AU - Yuri, Tamaki PY - 2008/06/27/ UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/science.1157704 ER -