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  1. Investigating flock-associated mimicry: examining the evidence for, and drivers of, plumage mimicry in the greater and lesser necklaced laughingthrush
  2. Testing the mettle of METAL: A comparison of phylogenomic methods using a challenging but well-resolved phylogeny
  3. Phylogenetic placement of the leaf-footed bug tribes Agriopocorini, Amorbini, and Manocoreini (Heteroptera: Coreidae) using ultraconserved elements
  4. The evolution of multi-component weapons in the superfamily of leaf-footed bugs
  5. Bare parts in the Galliformes: the evolution of a multifunctional structure
  6. The role of high-contrast male facial stripes in mitigating female aggression in the jumping spider Plexippus paykulli
  7. Low hybridization temperatures improve target capture success of invertebrate loci: a case study of leaf-footed bugs (Hemiptera: Coreoidea)
  8. Functions of avian elongated tails, with suggestions for future studies
  9. The evolution of multi-component weapons in the superfamily of leaf-footed bugs
  10. Can convergence in mixed-species flocks lead to evolutionary divergence? Evidence for and methods to test this hypothesis
  11. Evolution of stridulatory mechanisms: vibroacoustic communication may be common in leaf-footed bugs and allies (Heteroptera: Coreoidea)
  12. Estimating phylogenies from genomes: A beginners review of commonly used genomic data in vertebrate phylogenomics
  13. High association strengths are linked to phenotypic similarity, including plumage color and patterns, of participants in mixed-species bird flocks of southwestern China
  14. Molecular early burst associated with the diversification of birds at the K–Pg boundary
  15. Exploring Conflicts in Whole Genome Phylogenetics: A Case Study within Manakins (Aves: Pipridae)
  16. 2022 AOS Marion Jenkinson Service Award to Erin Morrison
  17. 2022 AOS Peter R. Stettenheim Service Award to Melinda Pruett-Jones
  18. Updating splits, lumps, and shuffles: Reconciling GenBank names with standardized avian taxonomies
  19. Dancing drives evolution of sexual size dimorphism in manakins
  20. Phylogenetic definitions for 25 higher-level clade names of birds
  21. Dynamic Patterns of Sex Chromosome Evolution in Neognath Birds: Many Independent Barriers to Recombination at the ATP5F1A Locus
  22. Dynamic Patterns of Sex Chromosome Evolution in Neognath Birds: Many Independent Barriers to Recombination at the ATP5F1A Locus
  23. Historical specimens and the limits of subspecies phylogenomics in the New World quails (Odontophoridae)
  24. Protein Structure, Models of Sequence Evolution, and Data Type Effects in Phylogenetic Analyses of Mitochondrial Data: A Case Study in Birds
  25. A novel exome probe set captures phototransduction genes across birds (Aves) enabling efficient analysis of vision evolution
  26. Protein Structure, Models of Sequence Evolution, and Data Type Effects in Phylogenetic Analyses of Mitochondrial Data: A Case Study in Birds
  27. When good mitochondria go bad: Cyto-nuclear discordance in landfowl (Aves: Galliformes)
  28. Data Types and the Phylogeny of Neoaves
  29. Data Types and the Phylogeny of Neoaves
  30. Phylogeny and diversification of the gallopheasants (Aves: Galliformes): Testing roles of sexual selection and environmental niche divergence
  31. The evolution of autotomy in leaf-footed bugs
  32. Mitochondrial genome of Apis mellifera anatoliaca (Hymenoptera: Apidae) – the Anatolian honey bee
  33. The complete mitochondrial genome of Apis mellifera jemenitica (Insecta: Hymenoptera: Apidae), the Arabian honey bee
  34. The mitochondrial genome of the Maltese honey bee, Apis mellifera ruttneri (Insecta: Hymenoptera: Apidae)
  35. The mitochondrial genome of Apis mellifera simensis (Hymenoptera: Apidae), an Ethiopian honey bee
  36. The complete mitochondrial genome of the West African honey bee Apis mellifera adansonii (Insecta: Hymenoptera: Apidae)
  37. The mitochondrial genome of the Spanish honey bee, Apis mellifera iberiensis (Insecta: Hymenoptera: Apidae), from Portugal
  38. A Phylogenomic Supertree of Birds
  39. The complete mitochondrial genome of Apis mellifera unicolor (Insecta: Hymenoptera: Apidae), the Malagasy honey bee
  40. The mitochondrial genome of the Carniolan honey bee, Apis mellifera carnica (Insecta: Hymenoptera: Apidae)
  41. Insight from an Ultraconserved Element Bait Set Designed for Hemipteran Phylogenetics Integrated with Genomic Resources
  42. A simple strategy for recovering ultraconserved elements, exons, and introns from low coverage shotgun sequencing of museum specimens: placement of the partridge genus Tropicoperdix within the Galliformes
  43. Comparison of the Chinese bamboo partridge and red Junglefowl genome sequences highlights the importance of demography in genome evolution
  44. Mitochondrial genome diversity and population structure of two western honey bee subspecies in the Republic of South Africa
  45. Does the use of a multi-trait, multi-test approach to measure animal personality yield different behavioural syndrome results?
  46. Rapid morphological change of a top predator with the invasion of a novel prey
  47. How do seemingly non-vagile clades accomplish trans-marine dispersal? Trait and dispersal evolution in the landfowl (Aves: Galliformes)
  48. Historical relationships of three enigmatic phasianid genera (Aves: Galliformes) inferred using phylogenomic and mitogenomic data
  49. Why Do Phylogenomic Data Sets Yield Conflicting Trees? Data Type Influences the Avian Tree of Life more than Taxon Sampling
  50. The complete mitochondrial genome and phylogenetic placement of Apis nigrocincta Smith (Insecta: Hymenoptera: Apidae), an Asian, cavity-nesting honey bee
  51. The complex evolutionary history of big-eared horseshoe bats (Rhinolophus macrotis complex): insights from genetic, morphological and acoustic data
  52. Rapid and recent diversification of curassows, guans, and chachalacas (Galliformes: Cracidae) out of Mesoamerica: Phylogeny inferred from mitochondrial, intron, and ultraconserved element sequences
  53. Ancestral range reconstruction of Galliformes: the effects of topology and taxon sampling
  54. Kin-biased conspecific brood parasitism in a native Mandarin duck population
  55. Sorting out relationships among the grouse and ptarmigan using intron, mitochondrial, and ultra-conserved element sequences
  56. Re-evaluating the distribution of cooperative breeding in birds: is it tightly linked with altriciality?
  57. Analysis of a Rapid Evolutionary Radiation Using Ultraconserved Elements: Evidence for a Bias in Some Multispecies Coalescent Methods
  58. The complete mitochondrial genome of the hybrid honey bee, Apis mellifera capensis × Apis mellifera scutellata, from South Africa
  59. The complete mitochondrial genome of the Cape honey bee, Apis mellifera capensis Esch. (Insecta: hymenoptera: apidae)
  60. Avoiding Missing Data Biases in Phylogenomic Inference: An Empirical Study in the Landfowl (Aves: Galliformes)
  61. Uncommon Levels of Relatedness and Parentage in a Cooperatively Breeding Bird, the Brown-Headed Nuthatch (Sitta pusilla)
  62. Land connectivity changes and global cooling shaped the colonization history and diversification of New World quail (Aves: Galliformes: Odontophoridae)
  63. Building the avian tree of life using a large-scale, sparse supermatrix
  64. Do pups recognize maternal calls in pomona leaf-nosed bats, Hipposideros pomona?
  65. Coreopsis sect. Pseudoagarista (Asteraceae: Coreopsideae): Molecular phylogeny, chromosome numbers, and comments on taxonomy and distribution
  66. The evolution of peafowl and other taxa with ocelli (eyespots): a phylogenomic approach
  67. Incongruence among different mitochondrial regions: A case study using complete mitogenomes
  68. Does more sequence data improve estimates of galliform phylogeny? Analyses of a rapid radiation using a complete data matrix
  69. Identifying localized biases in large datasets: A case study using the avian tree of life
  70. Does more sequence data improve estimates of galliform phylogeny? Analyses of a rapid radiation using a complete data matrix
  71. Geographic Variation in the Acoustic Traits of Greater Horseshoe Bats: Testing the Importance of Drift and Ecological Selection in Evolutionary Processes
  72. Assessing Phylogenetic Relationships among Galliformes: A Multigene Phylogeny with Expanded Taxon Sampling in Phasianidae
  73. Parsimony and Model-Based Analyses of Indels in Avian Nuclear Genes Reveal Congruent and Incongruent Phylogenetic Signals
  74. Ratite Nonmonophyly: Independent Evidence from 40 Novel Loci
  75. Nestmate killing by obligate brood parasitic chicks: is this linked to obligate siblicidal behavior?
  76. Testing Hypotheses about the Sister Group of the Passeriformes Using an Independent 30-Locus Data Set
  77. Homoplastic microinversions and the avian tree of life
  78. A Macroevolutionary Perspective on Multiple Sexual Traits in the Phasianidae (Galliformes)
  79. Are Transposable Element Insertions Homoplasy Free?: An Examination Using the Avian Tree of Life
  80. Fine-Scale Spatial Genetic Structure in the Cooperatively Breeding Brown-Headed Nuthatch ( Sitta pusilla )
  81. Dispersers shape fruit diversity in Ficus (Moraceae)
  82. Comparative molecular evolution and phylogenetic utility of 3′-UTRs and introns in Galliformes
  83. Female Choice for Male Morphological Traits in House Sparrows, Passer domesticus
  84. Molecular and Morphological Divergence in a Pair of Bird Species and Their Ectoparasites
  85. Interspecific brood parasitism in galliform birds
  86. A well-tested set of primers to amplify regions spread across the avian genome
  87. Genetic divergence among Snail Kite subspecies: implications for the conservation of the endangered Florida Snail KiteRostrhamus sociabilis
  88. On the origin of the Galápagos hawk: an examination of phenotypic differentiation and mitochondrial paraphyly
  89. Phylogenomic evidence for multiple losses of flight in ratite birds
  90. Isolation and characterization of polymorphic microsatellite markers for the brown-headed nuthatch (Sitta pusilla)
  91. A multigene phylogeny of Galliformes supports a single origin of erectile ability in non-feathered facial traits
  92. A Phylogenomic Study of Birds Reveals Their Evolutionary History
  93. Correlated evolution of fig size and color supports the dispersal syndromes hypothesis
  94. Duplication of Accelerated Evolution and Growth Hormone Gene in Passerine Birds
  95. Introns outperform exons in analyses of basal avian phylogeny using clathrin heavy chain genes
  96. Duplication of Accelerated Evolution and Growth Hormone Gene in Passerine Birds
  97. Co-phylogeography and comparative population genetics of the threatened Galápagos hawk and three ectoparasite species: ecology shapes population histories within parasite communities
  98. Patterns of Vertebrate Isochore Evolution Revealed by Comparison of Expressed Mammalian, Avian, and Crocodilian Genes
  99. PHYLOGENETIC POSITION OF THE NEW WORLD QUAIL (ODONTOPHORIDAE): EIGHT NUCLEAR LOCI AND THREE MITOCHONDRIAL REGIONS CONTRADICT MORPHOLOGY AND THE SIBLEY-AHLQUIST TAPESTRY
  100. Mitochondrial Genomes and Avian Phylogeny: Complex Characters and Resolvability without Explosive Radiations
  101. Phylogeography of the Galápagos hawk (Buteo galapagoensis): A recent arrival to the Galápagos Islands
  102. Allozyme variation within and divergence between Lemna gibba and L. disperma: Systematic and biogeographic implications
  103. Phylogeny of Coreopsideae (Asteraceae) using ITS sequences suggests lability in reproductive characters
  104. Biogeography of Discontinuously Distributed Hydrophytes: A Molecular Appraisal of Intercontinental Disjunctions
  105. Out of Africa: molecular phylogenetics and biogeography of Wolffiella (Lemnaceae)
  106. Occurrence and Evolution of Cooperative Breeding among the Diurnal Raptors (Accipitridae and Falconidae)
  107. EVOLUTIONARY PROCESSES IN THE GENUS COREOCARPUS: INSIGHTS FROM MOLECULAR PHYLOGENETICS
  108. OCCURRENCE AND EVOLUTION OF COOPERATIVE BREEDING AMONG THE DIURNAL RAPTORS (ACCIPITRIDAE AND FALCONIDAE)
  109. EVOLUTIONARY PROCESSES IN THE GENUS COREOCARPUS: INSIGHTS FROM MOLECULAR PHYLOGENETICS
  110. Examining Basal Avian Divergences with Mitochondrial Sequences: Model Complexity, Taxon Sampling, and Sequence Length
  111. Allozyme Studies in Lemnaceae: Variation and Relationships in Lemna Sections Alatae and Biformes
  112. Inter-simple sequence repeat (ISSR) diversity within Monarda fistulosa var. brevis (Lamiaceae) and divergence between var. brevis and var. fistulosa in West Virginia
  113. The generic placement of a morphologically enigmatic species in Asteraceae: evidence from ITS sequences
  114. Phylogenetic Utility of Avian Ovomucoid Intron G: A Comparison of Nuclear and Mitochondrial Phylogenies in Galliformes
  115. Molecular and Morphological Reassessment of Relationships within the Vittadinia Group of Astereae (Asteraceae)
  116. POLYTOMIES, THE POWER OF PHYLOGENETIC INFERENCE, AND THE STOCHASTIC NATURE OF MOLECULAR EVOLUTION: A COMMENT ON WALSH ET AL. (1999)
  117. A molecular phylogeny of the peacock-pheasants (Galliformes: Polyplectron spp.) indicates loss and reduction of ornamental traits and display behaviours
  118. A molecular phylogeny of the peacock-pheasants (Galliformes Polyplectron spp.) indicates loss and reduction of ornamental traits and display behaviours
  119. Evolution of the Mitochondrial DNA Control Region and Cytochrome b Genes and the Inference of Phylogenetic Relationships in the Avian Genus Lophura (Galliformes)
  120. Phylogenetic Utility of Avian Ovomucoid Intron G: A Comparison of Nuclear and Mitochondrial Phylogenies in Galliformes
  121. POLYTOMIES, THE POWER OF PHYLOGENETIC INFERENCE, AND THE STOCHASTIC NATURE OF MOLECULAR EVOLUTION: A COMMENT ON WALSH ET AL. (1999)
  122. Mitochondrial DNA Phylogeny and Speciation in the Tragopans
  123. MITOCHONDRIAL DNA PHYLOGENY AND SPECIATION IN THE TRAGOPANS
  124. Evolution of Avian Plumage Dichromatism from a Proximate Perspective
  125. A Molecular Phylogeny of the Pheasants and Partridges Suggests That These Lineages Are Not Monophyletic
  126. Are Rooster Crows Honest Signals of Fighting Ability?
  127. Mate choice by female red junglefowl: the issues of multiple ornaments and fluctuating asymmetry
  128. Resolution of the phylogenetic position of the Congo peafowl, Afropavo congensis: a biogeographic and evolutionary enigma
  129. Testicular Asymmetry and Secondary Sexual Characters in Red Junglefowl
  130. Fluctuating asymmetry in red junglefowl
  131. Sexual ornamentation, condition, and immune defence in the house sparrow Passer domesticus