Journal article
Whole-genome analyses resolve early branches in the tree of life of modern birds
Science, Vol.346(6215), pp.1320-1331
2014
Abstract
To better determine the history of modern birds, we performed a genome-scale phylogenetic analysis of 48 species representing all orders of Neoaves using phylogenomic methods created to handle genome-scale data.We recovered a highly resolved tree that confirms previously controversial sister or close relationships.We identified the first divergence in Neoaves, two groups we named Passerea and Columbea, representing independent lineages of diverse and convergently evolved land and water bird species. Among Passerea, we infer the common ancestor of core landbirds to have been an apex predator and confirm independent gains of vocal learning. Among Columbea, we identify pigeons and flamingoes as belonging to sister clades. Even with whole genomes, some of the earliest branches in Neoaves proved challenging to resolve, which was best explained by massive protein-coding sequence convergence and high levels of incomplete lineage sorting that occurred during a rapid radiation after the Cretaceous-Paleogene mass extinction event about 66 million years ago.
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- Title
- Whole-genome analyses resolve early branches in the tree of life of modern birds
- Authors
- B Boussau (Author)M S Bayzid (Author)Volodymyr Zavidovych (Author)Sankar Subramanian (Author) - Griffith UniversityToni Gabaldon (Author)Salvador Capella-Gutierrez (Author)Jaime Huerta-Cepas (Author)Bhanu Rekepalli (Author)Kasper Munch (Author)Mikkel Schierup (Author)Bent Lindow (Author)Wesley C Warren (Author)David Ray (Author)Richard E Green (Author)Michael W Bruford (Author)Xiangjiang Zhan (Author)Andrew Dixon (Author)Shengbin Li (Author)Ning Li (Author)Yinhua Huang (Author)Elizabeth P Derryberry (Author)E D Jarvis (Author)Mads Frost Bertelsen (Author)Qu Zhou (Author)Fredrick H Sheldon (Author)S Mirarab (Author)Robb T Brumfield (Author)Polina Perleman (Author)Claudio V Mello (Author)A J Aberer (Author)Amy C Driskell (Author)Peter V Lovell (Author)B Li (Author)Morgan Wirthlin (Author)Maria Paula Cruz Schneider (Author)Beth Shapiro (Author)Francisco Prosdocimi (Author)P Houde (Author)Jose Alfredo Samaniego (Author)Zijun Xiong (Author)Amhed Missael Vargas Velazquez (Author)C Li (Author)Alonzo Alfaro-Nunez (Author)Yongli Zeng (Author)Paula F Campos (Author)S Y W Ho (Author)Bent Petersen (Author)Shiping Liu (Author)Thomas Sicheritz-Ponten (Author)B C Faircloth (Author)An Pas (Author)Zhenyu Li (Author)Tom G Bailey (Author)B Nabholz (Author)Paul Scofield (Author)Binghang Liu (Author)Michael Bunce (Author)J T Howard (Author)David M Lambert (Author)Kui Wu (Author)Jin Xiao (Author)A Suh (Author)C C Weber (Author)Xiong Yinqi (Author)R R Da Fonseca (Author)Qiuemei Zheng (Author)J Li (Author)Yong Zhang (Author)F Zhang (Author)Huanming Yang (Author)H Li (Author)Jian Wang (Author)L Zhou (Author)Linnea Smeds (Author)N Narula (Author)Frank E Rheindt (Author)Liang Liu (Author)Ludovic Orlando (Author)Michael Braun (Author)F Keith Barker (Author)G Ganapathy (Author)Knud Andreas Jonsson (Author)Jon Fjeldsa (Author)Warren Johnson (Author)Klaus-Peter Koepfli (Author)Stephen O'Brien (Author)David Hausller (Author)Oliver A Ryder (Author)Carsten Rahbek (Author)Eske Willerslev (Author)Gary R Graves (Author)Travis C Glenn (Author)John McCormack (Author)Dave Burt (Author)Hans Ellegren (Author)Per Alstrom (Author)Scott V Edwards (Author)Alexandros Stamatakis (Author)David P Mindell (Author)Joel Cracraft (Author)Edward L Braun (Author)Tandy Warnow (Author)Jun Wang (Author)M Thomas P Gilbert (Author)Guojie Zhang (Author)
- Publication details
- Science, Vol.346(6215), pp.1320-1331
- Publisher
- American Association for the Advancement of Science
- Date published
- 2014
- DOI
- 10.1126/science.1253451
- ISSN
- 0036-8075
- Copyright note
- Copyright © 2014 The Author. This is the author's version of the work. It is posted here by permission of the AAAS for personal use, not for redistribution. The definitive version was published in Science Journal Whole-genome analyses resolve early branches in the tree of life of modern birds {VOL346, 2014}, doi:10.1126/science.1253451
- Organisation Unit
- School of Science and Engineering - Legacy; UniSC Clinical Trials Centre; University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland; School of Health and Sport Sciences - Legacy; School of Science, Technology and Engineering; Centre for Bioinnovation
- Language
- English
- Record Identifier
- 99451037002621
- Output Type
- Journal article
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