Comparative genomics reveals insights into avian genome evolution and adaptation

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 avian species representing all major extant clades. The avian genome is principally characterized by its constrained size, whi...

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Main Authors: Zhang, G., Li, C., Li, Q., Li, B., Larkin, D., Lee, C., Storz, J., Antunes, A., Greenwold, M., Meredith, R., Odeen, A., Cui, J., Zhou, Q., Xu, L., Pan, H., Wang, Z., Jin, L., Zhang, P., Hu, H., Yang, W., Hu, J., Xiao, J., Yang, Z., Liu, Yang, Xie, Q., Yu, H., Lian, J., Wen, P., Zhang, F., Li, H., Zeng, Y., Xiong, Z., Liu, S., Zhou, L., Huang, Z., An, N., Wang, J., Zheng, Q., Xiong, Y., Wang, G., Wang, B., Fan, Y., da Fonseca, R., Alfaro-Nunez, A., Schubert, M., Orlando, L., Mourier, T., Howard, J., Ganapathy, G., Pfenning, A., Whitney, O., Rivas, M., Hara, E., Smith, J., Farre, M., Narayan, J., Slavov, G., Romanov, M., Borges, R., Machado, J.P., Khan, I., Springer, M., Gatesy, J., Hoffmann, F., Opazo, J., Hastad, O., Sawyer, R., Kim, H., Kim, K., Kim, H.J., Cho, S., Li, N., Huang, Y., Bruford, M., Zhan, X., Dixon, A., Bertelsen, M., Derryberry, E., Warren, W., Wilson, R., Li, S., Ray, D., Green, R., O'Brien, S., Griffin, D., Johnson, W., Haussler, D., Ryder, O., Willerslev, E., Graves, G., Alstrom, P., Fjeldsa, J., Mindell, D., Edwards, S., Braun, E., Rahbek, C., Burt, D., Houde, P., Zhang, Y., Yang, H., Bunce, Michael, Jarvis, E., Gilbert, Thomas
Format: Journal Article
Published: The American Association for the Advancement of Science 2014
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/37159