Article
Genomic and physiological changes in a sexually selected and frugivorous bird radiation.
Current biology : CB - 22 Jun 2026
Balakrishnan Christopher N, Toda Yasuka, Ko Meng-Ching, Wirthlin Morgan E, Driver Robert J, Bolton Peri E, Miller Eliot T, Mendez-Aranda Daniel, Dikow Rebecca B, Frandsen Paul B, Shogren Elsie H, Bennett Kevin F P, Anderson H Luke, Bursell Madeline G, Cramer Julia F, Sadanandan Keren R, Nakagita Tomoya, Pizo Marco A, Caetano Daniel S, Anciães Marina, Ferreira Carolina F, Berv Jacob S, Long Kira M, Lim Haw Chuan, Moncrieff Andre E, Kingston Sarah E, White Carreiro Noor D, Friedrich Samantha R, Cuta Camilo Alfonso, Pease James B, Nevue Alexander A, Tomlinson Chad, Zimin Aleksey, Louder Matthew I M, Brewer Michael S, Bay Rachael A, Ruegg Kristen, Smith Thomas B, Ishimaru Yoshiro, Pfenning Andreas R, Frankl-Vilches Carolina, Gahr Manfred, Mello Claudio V, Kimball Rebecca T, Braun Edward L, Blake John G, Day Lainy B, Ryder T Brandt, Moore Ignacio T, Horton Brent M, Schlinger Barney A, Fuxjager Matthew J, Warren Wesley C, DuVal Emily H, Boyle W Alice, Loiselle Bette A, Braun Michael J, Baldwin Maude W
Abstract excerpt
Across diverse organisms, the strength and ecological drivers of sexual selection vary enormously. In birds, some of the families with the most elaborate plumage and display-such as birds of paradise, manakins, and cotingas-are also specialist frugivores, yet links between shifts in diet, changes in breeding system, and the evolution of elaborate traits are poorly understood. We focus on manakins, a radiation of...
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