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Maluridae

 
National Institutes of Health

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2016
2016
New data from basal Australian songbird lineages show that complex structure of MHC class II β genes has early evolutionary origins within passerines
The major histocompatibility complex (MHC) plays a crucial role in the adaptive immune system and has been extensively studied… (More)
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2015
2015
Rapid evolution of elaborate male coloration is driven by visual system in Australian fairy-wrens (Maluridae).
The interplay between colour vision and animal signalling is of keen interest to behavioural ecologists and evolutionary… (More)
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2013
2013
Uncovering cryptic evolutionary diversity in extant and extinct populations of the southern Australian arid zone Western and Thick-billed Grasswrens (Passeriformes: Maluridae: Amytornis)
The Western and Thick-billed Grasswrens (Aves: Passeriformes: Maluridae: Amytornis textilis and Amytornis modestus, respectively… (More)
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2013
2013
Different modes of evolution in males and females generate dichromatism in fairy-wrens (Maluridae)
Sexual dichromatism in birds is often attributed to selection for elaboration in males. However, evolutionary changes in either… (More)
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2012
2012
A species tree for the Australo-Papuan Fairy-wrens and allies (Aves: Maluridae).
We explored the efficacy of species tree methods at the family level in birds, using the Australo-Papuan Fairy-wrens… (More)
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2012
2012
Multiple shifts between violet and ultraviolet vision in a family of passerine birds with associated changes in plumage coloration.
Colour vision in diurnal birds falls into two discrete classes, signified by the spectral sensitivity of the violet- (VS) or… (More)
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2012
2012
Speciation in chestnut-shouldered fairy-wrens (Malurus spp.) and rapid phenotypic divergence in variegated fairy-wrens (Malurus lamberti): a multilocus approach.
The chestnut-shouldered fairy-wrens comprise a subgroup of four species in the genus Malurus (Passeriformes: Maluridae… (More)
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2011
2011
A multigene phylogeny examining evolutionary and ecological relationships in the Australo-papuan wrens of the subfamily Malurinae (Aves).
Nucleotide sequences from four mitochondrial genes and three nuclear introns were used to examine phylogenetic relationships… (More)
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2010
2010
Plumage patterns are good indicators of taxonomic diversity, but not of phylogenetic affinities, in Australian grasswrens Amytornis (Aves: Maluridae).
The grasswrens (Maluridae: Amytornis) are elusive songbirds from the arid zones of Australia. Although some other Australian bird… (More)
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2001
2001
Singing in the Face of Danger: the Anomalous Type II Vocalization of the Splendid Fairy-Wren
Males of certain species of fairy-wrens (Aves: Maluridae) emit a unique vocalization, the Type II vocalization, in response to… (More)
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