Galliformes (2 Viewers)

[Peter Kovalik]

X.-Z. Kan, J.-K. Yang, X.-F. Li, L. Chen, Z.-P. Lei, M. Wang, C.-J. Qian, H. Gao and Z.-Y. Yang, 2010. Phylogeny of major lineages of galliform birds (Aves: Galliformes) based on complete mitochondrial genomes. Genet. Mol. Res. 9 (3): 1625-1633 (2010)
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[Daniel Philippe]

Also this thread with a similar paper by almost the same authors.

 

[Peter Kovalik]

Rebecca T. Kimball, Colette M. St. Mary, and Edward L. Braun, “A Macroevolutionary Perspective on Multiple Sexual Traits in the Phasianidae (Galliformes),” International Journal of Evolutionary Biology, vol. 2011, Article ID 423938, 16 pages, 2011. doi:10.4061/2011/423938
http://www.sage-hindawi.com/journals/ijeb/2011/423938/

 

[Peter Kovalik]

Liwei He, Bo Dai, Bo Zeng, Xiuyue Zhang, Benping Chen, Bisong Yue, Jing Li, 2009. The complete mitochondrial genome of the Sichuan Hill Partridge (Arborophila rufipectus) and a phylogenetic analysis with related species. Gene 435, 23–28.
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[Peter Kovalik]

LISLEVAND, T., FIGUEROLA, J. and SZÉKELY, T. (2009), Evolution of sexual size dimorphism in grouse and allies (Aves: Phasianidae) in relation to mating competition, fecundity demands and resource division. Journal of Evolutionary Biology, 22: 1895–1905. doi: 10.1111/j.1420-9101.2009.01802.x
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[Peter Kovalik]

Zhaofeng Liu, Liwei He, Honggang Yuan, Bisong Yue & Jing Li, 2012. CR1 retroposons provide a new insight into the phylogeny of Phasianidae species (Aves: Galliformes). Gene, Volume 502, Issue 2, 10 July 2012, Pages 125–132.
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[Richard Klim]

Wang et al 2013

Wang, Kimball, Braun, Liang & Zhang 2013. Assessing phylogenetic relationships among Galliformes: a multigene phylogeny with expanded taxon sampling in Phasianidae. PLoS ONE 8(5): e64312. [article] [pdf]

Related threads:

• Galliformes revised
• Phasianidae

 

[Richard Klim]

TiF

Wang, Kimball, Braun, Liang & Zhang 2013. Assessing phylogenetic relationships among Galliformes: a multigene phylogeny with expanded taxon sampling in Phasianidae. PLoS ONE 8(5): e64312. [article] [pdf]

John Boyd (TiF):
www.jboyd.net/Taxo/changes.html (2 Jun 2013)
www.jboyd.net/Taxo/List2.html#phasianidae

 

[Richard Klim]

Evolution of reproductive isolation

Arrieta, Lijtmaer & Tubaro (in press). Evolution of postzygotic reproductive isolation in galliform birds: analysis of first and second hybrid generations and backcrosses. Biol J Linn Soc. [abstract]

 

[Richard Klim]

Kimball & Braun

Kimball & Braun (in press). Does more sequence data improve estimates of galliform phylogeny? Analyses of a rapid radiation using a complete data matrix. PeerJ PrePrints 1: e131v1. [abstract] [pdf]

 

[Peter Kovalik]

Lichun Jiang, Gaochao Wang, Rui Peng, Quekun Peng, Fangdong Zou, 2014. Phylogenetic and molecular dating analysis of Taiwan Blue Pheasant (Lophura swinhoii). Gene. In Press.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.gene.2014.01.067

 

[Richard Klim]

Kimball & Braun 2014

Kimball & Braun (in press). Does more sequence data improve estimates of galliform phylogeny? Analyses of a rapid radiation using a complete data matrix. PeerJ PrePrints 1: e131v1. [abstract] [pdf]

Published today...

Kimball & Braun 2014. PeerJ 2: e361. [article] [pdf]

 

[Richard Klim]

TiF

Kimball & Braun 2014. Does more sequence data improve estimates of galliform phylogeny? Analyses of a rapid radiation using a complete data matrix. PeerJ 2: e361. [article] [pdf]

John Boyd (TiF):
www.jboyd.net/Taxo/changes.html (23 Apr 2014)
www.jboyd.net/Taxo/List2.html#phasianidae

 

[andrew147]

John Boyd (TiF):
www.jboyd.net/Taxo/changes.html (23 Apr 2014)
www.jboyd.net/Taxo/List2.html#phasianidae

If this circumscription of 'Tetraonini' was a passerine group, it would have been split into three separate families in a heartbeat, and at least someone would be arguing that Bonasa probably represented a fourth family.

 

[Snapdragyn]

If this circumscription of 'Tetraonini' was a passerine group, it would have been split into three separate families in a heartbeat, and at least someone would be arguing that Bonasa probably represented a fourth family.

Agreed. This is why for my own private database, I use divergence dates (where estimates of such exist) to define boundaries of higher level taxa. An operational definition of 'a <family, subfamily, order, whatever> is whatever someone says it is' isn't much of an operational definition in my opinion.

 

[Mysticete]

"Whatever someone says it is" largely stems from Linnean ranks as being arbitrary.

Avise and colleagues actually have suggested genetic distinction as a criteria for ranking groups in a Linnean system (which isn't terribly different from divergence dating in principal), but it pretty much doesn't work between taxonomic groups. There is more genetic diversity in Fruit Flies for instance than in nearly the whole of Mammalia: either you would have to have a couple of mammal families with genera containing hundreds of species, or treat every genus of insect as something along the lines of an order or family.

 

[Snapdragyn]

Yes, the integration of such a system (if even possible) would be beyond me.

 

[l_raty]

Avise and colleagues actually have suggested genetic distinction as a criteria for ranking groups in a Linnean system (which isn't terribly different from divergence dating in principal), but it pretty much doesn't work between taxonomic groups.

Sibley & Monroe's list was an attempt to do exactly this. The result was, indeed, nothing like Phaenicophilidae: these were in family Fringillidae, which included roughly 10% of the bird species of the world.
The idea was pretty much abandoned since, I think.

 

[Richard Klim]

Sibley & Monroe's list was an attempt to do exactly this. The result was, indeed, nothing like Phaenicophilidae: these were in family Fringillidae, which included roughly 10% of the bird species of the world.
The idea was pretty much abandoned since, I think.

The broad Emberizidae recognised by BOURC and DBA comes close (~8.5%).

 

[Richard Klim]

Meiklejohn et al

Meiklejohn, Danielson, Faircloth, Glenn, Braun & Kimball (in press). Incongruence among different mitochondrial regions: a case study using complete mitogenomes. Mol Phylogenet Evol. [abstract]