Article

Genetic tests of rapid parallel speciation of flightless birds from an extant volant ancestor

2009-03-01

Abstract excerpt

Prior to the extinction wave that followed the human colonization of Oceania, flightless rails (Aves: Rallidae) were among the largest radiations of island birds, and perhaps the most species-rich example of convergent evolution in vertebrates. Insular flightless species are thought to have evolved from extant, volant species that colonized from continental sources and rapidly followed parallel adaptive pathways t...

Topics

Open a Topic to create a Post that cites this publication.

Identifiers and source

Literature Corpus work: bda2d88d-a79d-585e-b176-d1b50202a76f
DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8312.2008.01160.x

Open publication

Related research

Semantic proximity does not establish scientific evidence.

Click a neighbor to travelStep 1 · 12 closest

Genetic tests of rapid parallel speciation of flightless birds from an extant volant ancestorDOI 10.1111/j.1095-8312.2008.01160.xRead

Whole-genome analysis reveals the diversification of Galapagos rail (Aves: Rallidae) and confirms the success of goat eradication programs.Semantic proximity Read

Multiple losses of flight and recent speciation in steamer ducks.Semantic proximity Read

Phylogenetic and coalescent analysis of three loci suggest that the Water Rail is divisible into two species, Rallus aquaticus and R. indicus.Semantic proximity Read

Rapid loss of flight in the Aldabra white-throated rail.Semantic proximity Read

Comparative phylogeography and genetic structure of Vanuatu birds: control region variation in a rail, a dove, and a passerine.Semantic proximity Read

Trait-dependent dispersal in rails (Aves: Rallidae): Historical biogeography of a cosmopolitan bird clade.Semantic proximity Read

Mitochondrial control region I and microsatellite analyses of endangered Philippine hornbill species (Aves; Bucerotidae) detect gene flow between island populations and genetic diversity loss.Semantic proximity Read

Recent radiation of endemic Caribbean Drosophila of the dunni subgroup inferred from multilocus DNA sequence variation.Semantic proximity Read

Genetic Differentiation in Insular Lowland Rainforests: Insights from Historical Demographic Patterns in Philippine Birds.Semantic proximity Read

Mitochondrial phylogeny, taxonomy and biogeography of the silvered langur species group (Trachypithecus cristatus).Semantic proximity Read

Predictable evolution toward flightlessness in volant island birds.Semantic proximity Read

The dual role of Amazonian rivers in the generation and maintenance of avian diversity.Semantic proximity Read