@article {905786,
	title = {Whole-genome analyses resolve early branches in the tree of life of modern birds},
	journal = {Science},
	volume = {346},
	number = {6215},
	year = {2014},
	note = {<p>Aw3maTimes Cited:11Cited References Count:101</p>},
	month = {Dec 12},
	pages = {1320-1331},
	abstract = {<p>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.</p>},
	keywords = {biased gene conversion, coalescent model, cretaceous origin, fossil record, mass extinction, parallel radiations, passerine birds, phylogenetic trees, sequence alignments, species trees},
	isbn = {0036-8075},
	author = {Jarvis, E. D. and Mirarab, S. and Aberer, A. J. and Li, B. and Houde, P. and Li, C. and Ho, S. Y. W. and Faircloth, B. C. and Nabholz, B. and Howard, J. T. and Suh, A. and Weber, C. C. and da Fonseca, R. R. and Li, J. W. and Zhang, F. and Li, H. and Zhou, L. and Narula, N. and Liu, L. and Ganapathy, G. and Boussau, B. and Bayzid, M. S. and Zavidovych, V. and Subramanian, S. and Gabaldon, T. and Capella-Gutierrez, S. and Huerta-Cepas, J. and Rekepalli, B. and Munch, K. and Schierup, M. and Lindow, B. and Warren, W. C. and Ray, D. and Green, R. E. and Bruford, M. W. and Zhan, X. J. and Dixon, A. and Li, S. B. and Li, N. and Huang, Y. H. and Derryberry, E. P. and Bertelsen, M. F. and Sheldon, F. H. and Brumfield, R. T. and Mello, C. V. and Lovell, P. V. and Wirthlin, M. and Schneider, M. P. C. and Prosdocimi, F. and Samaniego, J. A. and Velazquez, A. M. V. and Alfaro-Nunez, A. and Campos, P. F. and Petersen, B. and Sicheritz-Ponten, T. and Pas, A. and Bailey, T. and Scofield, P. and Bunce, M. and Lambert, D. M. and Zhou, Q. and Perelman, P. and Driskell, A. C. and Shapiro, B. and Xiong, Z. J. and Zeng, Y. L. and Liu, S. P. and Li, Z. Y. and Liu, B. H. and Wu, K. and Xiao, J. and Yinqi, X. and Zheng, Q. M. and Zhang, Y. and Yang, H. M. and J. Wang and Smeds, L. and Rheindt, F. E. and Braun, M. and Fjeldsa, J. and Orlando, L. and Barker, F. K. and Jonsson, K. A. and Johnson, W. and Koepfli, K. P. and O{\textquoteright}Brien, S. and Haussler, D. and Ryder, O. A. and Rahbek, C. and Willerslev, E. and Graves, G. R. and Glenn, T. C. and McCormack, J. and Burt, D. and Ellegren, H. and Alstrom, P. and Edwards, S. V. and Stamatakis, A. and Mindell, D. P. and Cracraft, J. and Braun, E. L. and Warnow, T. and Jun, W. and Gilbert, M. T. P. and Zhang, G. J.}
}
