Clades within the 'higher land birds', evaluated by nuclear DNA sequences

By Johansson, Irestedt, Ericson. 2001

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In this study we investigated the phylogenetic relationships within the ‘higher land birds’ by parsimony analysis of nucleotide DNA sequences obtained from the two nuclear, protein-coding genes, c-myc and RAG-1. Nuclear genes have not previously been used to address this phylogenetic question. The results include high jackknife support for a monophyletic Apodiformes (including the Trochilidae). This arrangement was further supported by the observation of an insertion of four amino acids in the c-myc gene in all apodiform taxa. Monophyly was also inferred for each of the two piciform groups Galbulae and Pici. Within Pici, the Capitonidae was found to be paraphyletic, with the New World barbets more closely related to the Ramphastidae than to the Old World barbets. Another clade with high jackknife support consists of the Upupidae, Phoeniculidae and Bucerotidae. The families Momotidae and Todidae, and Coraciidae and Brachypteraciidae, respectively, also form well supported monophyletic clades. The results are inconclusive regarding the monophyly of the orders Coraciiformes and Piciformes, respectively.

Subfields: Genetics, Molecular Biology, Paleontology

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In Genetics

1. Gerald Mayr
2. P. Ericson
3. M. Irestedt
4. U. Johansson
5. A. Manegold

In Molecular Biology

1. P. Ericson
2. M. Irestedt
3. Gerald Mayr
4. U. Johansson
5. A. Manegold

In Paleontology

1. Gerald Mayr
2. P. Ericson
3. U. Johansson
4. Marcel van Tuinen
5. Gareth J. Dyke
6. M. Irestedt
7. A. Manegold
8. A. Cockburn

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• Evolution, biogeography, and patterns of diversification in passerine birds (2003, methodology): “Subsequently, passerine monophyly has also been corroborated by analyses of nucleotide sequence data (e.g., Johansson et al. 2001).”
• Diversification of Neoaves: integration of molecular sequence data and fossils (2006, unknown): “As suggested previously, pelicans group not only with shoebill and hamerkop (Cottam 1957; Livezey & Zusi 2001; van Tuinen et al. 2001; Cracraft et al. 2004), but also with herons and ibises.”
• Monophyletic groups within 'higher land birds' - comparison of morphological and molecular data (2003, methodology): “Anseriformes Chauna torquata T.J. Parsons AY034413 5 AY165805 6 Chauna torquata AF143728 4 Galliformes Alectura lathami B20851 LSUMZ AF296417 2 AF294687 2 AY165801 6 Opisthocomidae Opisthocomus hoazin B10753 LSUMZ AY233351 1 AY233357 1 AY233363 1 Falconidae Polyborus plancus 947200 NRM AY233352 1 AY”
• The evolutionary radiation of modern birds (Neornithes): reconciling molecules, morphology and the fossil record (2004, background): “These birds have often been considered closely related to the Strigiformes and/or Apodiformes (see below), but their monophyly has recently been called into question (Cracraft et al., 2004).”