Metaves, Mirandornithes, Strisores and other novelties - a critical review of the higher-level phylogeny of neornithine birds

Strong mitochondrial DNA support for a Cretaceous origin of modern avian lineages

(2012) Joseph W Brown et al.   BMC BIOLOGY

Homology and Evolution of Avian Compound Rhamphothecae

(2010) Tobin L. Hieronymus et al.   AUK

Two aspects along the continuum of pigeon evolution: A South-Pacific radiation and the relationship of pigeons within Neoaves

(2010) Gillian C. Gibb et al.   MOLECULAR PHYLOGENETICS AND EVOLUTION

Fossil avian eggshell preserves ancient DNA

(2010) C. L. Oskam et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

The Madagascan “Cuckoo-Roller” (Aves: Leptosomidae) is Not a Roller — Notes on the Phylogenetic Affinities and Evolutionary History of a “Living Fossil”

(2009) Gerald Mayr   ACTA ORNITHOLOGICA

Phylogenetic relationships of the paraphyletic ‘caprimulgiform’ birds (nightjars and allies)

(2009) Gerald Mayr   JOURNAL OF ZOOLOGICAL SYSTEMATICS AND EVOLUTIONARY RESEARCH

Complete mitochondrial genome of Otis tarda (Gruiformes: Otididae) and phylogeny of Gruiformes inferred from mitochondrial DNA sequences

(2009) Rong Yang et al.   MOLECULAR BIOLOGY REPORTS

Tinamous and Moa Flock Together: Mitochondrial Genome Sequence Analysis Reveals Independent Losses of Flight among Ratites

(2009) Matthew J. Phillips et al.   SYSTEMATIC BIOLOGY

A new Transantarctic relationship: morphological evidence for a Rheidae-Dromaiidae-Casuariidae clade (Aves, Palaeognathae, Ratitae)

(2009) ESTELLE BOURDON et al.   ZOOLOGICAL JOURNAL OF THE LINNEAN SOCIETY

Bird evolution: testing the metaves clade with six new mitochondrial genomes

(2008) Mary Morgan-Richards et al.   BMC EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY

Introns outperform exons in analyses of basal avian phylogeny using clathrin heavy chain genes

(2008) Jena L. Chojnowski et al.   GENE

PHYLOGENY AND EVOLUTION OF THE RATITE BIRDS

(2008) Joel Cracraft   IBIS

Independent evolutionary reductions of the phallus in basal birds

(2008) Patricia L. R. Brennan et al.   JOURNAL OF AVIAN BIOLOGY

Phylogenetic affinities of the enigmatic avian taxonzygodactylusbased on new material from the early oligocene of France

(2008) Gerald Mayr   JOURNAL OF SYSTEMATIC PALAEONTOLOGY

Toward Resolving Deep Neoaves Phylogeny: Data, Signal Enhancement, and Priors

(2008) R. C. Pratt et al.   MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND EVOLUTION

Phylogenetic relationships within Passerida (Aves: Passeriformes): A review and a new molecular phylogeny based on three nuclear intron markers

(2008) Ulf S. Johansson et al.   MOLECULAR PHYLOGENETICS AND EVOLUTION

AFFINITIES OF MIOCENE WATERFOWL (ANATIDAE: MANUHERIKIA, DUNSTANETTA AND MIOTADORNA) FROM THE ST BATHANS FAUNA, NEW ZEALAND

(2008) TREVOR H. WORTHY et al.   PALAEONTOLOGY

Phylogenomic evidence for multiple losses of flight in ratite birds

(2008) J. Harshman et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

A Phylogenomic Study of Birds Reveals Their Evolutionary History

(2008) S. J. Hackett et al.   SCIENCE

Molecular phylogeny of songbirds (Aves: Passeriformes) and the relative utility of common nuclear marker loci

(2007) Simone Treplin et al.   CLADISTICS