Whole-genome analyses resolve early branches in the tree of life of modern birds
- E. Jarvis, S. Mirarab, Guojie Zhang
- BiologyScience
- 12 December 2014
A genome-scale phylogenetic analysis of 48 species representing all orders of Neoaves recovered a highly resolved tree that confirms previously controversial sister or close relationships and identifies the first divergence in Neoaves, two groups the authors named Passerea and Columbea.
Comparative genomics reveals insights into avian genome evolution and adaptation
- Guojie Zhang, Cai Li, Jun Wang
- BiologyScience
- 12 December 2014
This work explored bird macroevolution using full genomes from 48 avian species representing all major extant clades to reveal that pan-avian genomic diversity covaries with adaptations to different lifestyles and convergent evolution of traits.
hzar: hybrid zone analysis using an R software package
- E. Derryberry, G. Derryberry, James M. Maley, R. T. Brumfield
- BiologyMolecular Ecology Resources
- 1 May 2014
We present a new software package (hzar) that provides functions for fitting molecular genetic and morphological data from hybrid zones to classic equilibrium cline models using the…
LINEAGE DIVERSIFICATION AND MORPHOLOGICAL EVOLUTION IN A LARGE‐SCALE CONTINENTAL RADIATION: THE NEOTROPICAL OVENBIRDS AND WOODCREEPERS (AVES: FURNARIIDAE)
- E. Derryberry, S. Claramunt, R. T. Brumfield
- Biology, Environmental ScienceEvolution; international journal of organic…
- 1 October 2011
It is found that the Furnariidae exhibit nearly constant rates of lineage accumulation but show evidence of constrained morphological evolution, suggesting that lineage accumulation in tropical continental radiations may not be as limited by ecological opportunities as in temperate or island radiations.
The drivers of tropical speciation
- B. Smith, J. McCormack, R. T. Brumfield
- Environmental ScienceNature
- 20 November 2014
It is shown that spatial and temporal patterns of genetic differentiation in Neotropical birds are highly discordant across lineages and are not reconcilable with a model linking speciation solely to landscape change, and the strongest predictors of speciation are the amount of time a lineage has persisted in the landscape and the ability of birds to move through the landscape matrix.
Earth history and the passerine superradiation
- C. Oliveros, D. Field, B. Faircloth
- Biology, Environmental ScienceProceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
- 1 April 2019
Recon reconstructing passerine evolutionary history and producing the most comprehensive time-calibrated phylogenetic hypothesis of the group, which suggests more complex mechanisms than temperature change or ecological opportunity have controlled macroscale patterns of passerine speciation.
High dispersal ability inhibits speciation in a continental radiation of passerine birds
- S. Claramunt, E. Derryberry, J. V. Remsen, R. T. Brumfield
- Biology, Environmental ScienceProceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological…
- 22 April 2012
It is proposed that the degree of fragmentation or permeability of the geographical setting together with the intermediate dispersal model are crucial in reconciling previous, often contradictory findings regarding the relationship between dispersal and diversification.
Species coexistence and the dynamics of phenotypic evolution in adaptive radiation
- J. Tobias, C. Cornwallis, E. Derryberry, S. Claramunt, R. T. Brumfield, N. Seddon
- BiologyNature
- 20 February 2014
The results conflict with the conventional view that coexistence promotes trait divergence among co-occurring organisms at macroevolutionary scales, and instead provide evidence that species interactions can drive phenotypic convergence across entire radiations, a pattern generally concealed by biases in age.
SONG DIVERGENCE BY SENSORY DRIVE IN AMAZONIAN BIRDS
It is shown that songs of 17 “bamboo‐specialist” bird species differ in predictable ways from their nearest relatives in adjacent terra firme forest, and that the direction of song divergence is correlated with the sound transmission properties of habitats, rather than with genetic divergence, ambient noise, or pleiotropic effects of mass and bill size.
The evolution of a tropical biodiversity hotspot
- Michael G. Harvey, Gustavo A. Bravo, E. Derryberry
- Environmental Science, BiologyScience
- 11 December 2020
It is observed that higher and more constant speciation rates occur in harsh environments relative to the tropics, and the results reveal a model in which species are forming faster in environmental extremes but have accumulated in moderate environments to form tropical biodiversity hotspots.
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