Waves of genomic hitchhikers shed light on the evolution of gamebirds (Aves: Galliformes) : research article [PDF]
, 2007 Background The phylogenetic tree of Galliformes (gamebirds, including megapodes, currassows, guinea fowl, New and Old World quails, chicken, pheasants, grouse, and turkeys) has been considerably remodeled over the last decades as new data and analytical ...
Brosius, Jürgen +6 more
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Evolutionary pathways to convergence in plumage patterns. [PDF]
, 2016 BACKGROUND: Avian plumage is ideal for investigating phenotypic convergence because of repeated evolution of the same within-feather patterns. In birds, there are three major types of regular patterns within feathers: scales, bars and spots.
Gluckman, Thanh-Lan, Mundy, Nicholas I
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Current Research in Parasitology and Vector-Borne Diseases, 2022 Four species of the Eimeriidae, Eimeria anatis Scholtyseck, 1955, Eimeria aythyae Farr, 1965, Eimeria krylovi Svanbaev & Rakhmatullina, 1967 and Tyzzeria perniciosa Allen, 1936, were morphologically identified from oöcysts recovered from a Pacific ...
Bruno P. Berto +5 more
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Can sexual selection drive female life histories? A comparative study on Galliform birds [PDF]
, 2007 Sexual selection is an important driver of many of the most spectacular morphological traits that we find in the animal kingdom (for example see Andersson, 1994). As such, sexual selection is most often emphasized as
A. Ø. MOOERS +39 more
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The unexpected survival of an ancient lineage of anseriform birds into the Neogene of Australia: the youngest record of Presbyornithidae [PDF]
, 2016 . Published by the Royal Society under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/, which permits unrestricted use, provided the original author and source are credited.Presbyornithids were the ...
Boles, Walter E +4 more
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Movements of Mute Swan Cygnus olor (Gmelin, 1789) (Anseriformes) Based on Hungarian Ringing Data [PDF]
, 2018 Karcza, Zsolt +3 more
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Influenza a virus migration and persistence in North American wild birds. [PDF]
PLoS Pathogens, 2013 Wild birds have been implicated in the emergence of human and livestock influenza. The successful prediction of viral spread and disease emergence, as well as formulation of preparedness plans have been hampered by a critical lack of knowledge of viral ...
Justin Bahl +18 more
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Expanding the knowledge of Ruddy Shelduck (Tadorna ferruginea Pallas, 1764) distribution in Serbia: New findings and implications for conservation [PDF]
Kragujevac Journal of ScienceThe Ruddy Shelduck (Tadorna ferruginea) is a vagrant passage and wintering species whose presence and distribution in Serbia have been inadequately studied. This study presents new findings of T.
Nikolić Marko Lj., Medenica Ivan J.
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مونیتورینگ سرولوژیک آنفلوانزای طیور در مرغان مهاجر ایران [PDF]
Archives of Razi Institute, 2005 Although migratory waterfowl is well known to be a major reservoir for avian influenza virus (AIV), there are only few recently published reports about the seroprevalence of AIV in this group of birds.
س.ر. فریدونی +6 more
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Independent stratum formation on the avian sex chromosomes reveals inter-chromosomal gene conversion and predominance of purifying selection on the w chromosome [PDF]
, 2014 We used a comparative approach spanning three species and 90 million years to study the evolutionary history of the avian sex chromosomes. Using whole transcriptomes, we assembled the largest cross-species dataset of W-linked coding content to date.
Harrison, PW +4 more
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