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  1. The Phylogenetic Position of the Extinct Hawaiian Honeyeaters: Overcoming the Limitations of Historical DNA

    Article • Zoologica Scripta, February 2026, Wiley

    Dr Rebecca T Kimball

  2. Dynamic evolution of olfactory receptor genes in the Turkey Vulture and Black Vulture

    Article • Avian Research, December 2025, Tsinghua University Press

    Dr Rebecca T Kimball

  3. The phylogenetic position of the extinct Hawaiian honeyeaters: Overcoming the limitations of antique DNA

    Article • June 2025, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press

    Dr Rebecca T Kimball

  4. Territorial aggression and coexistence in hybridizing Campylorhynchus : disentangling the roles of climate, resource availability, and species interactions in western Ecuador

    Article • Journal of Avian Biology, March 2025, Wiley

    Dr Rebecca T Kimball

  5. Males discriminate between substrate-borne cues of conspecific females based on age and mating status in the jumping spider, Habronattus brunneus

    Article • Royal Society Open Science, October 2024, Royal Society Publishing

    Dr Rebecca T Kimball

  6. Genome and life-history evolution link bird diversification to the end-Cretaceous mass extinction

    Article • Science Advances, August 2024, American Association for the Advancement of Science

    Dr Rebecca T Kimball

  7. Unraveling the genomic landscape of Campylorhynchus wrens along western Ecuador's precipitation gradient: Insights into hybridization, isolation by distance, and isolation by the environment

    Article • Ecology and Evolution, July 2024, Wiley

    Dr Rebecca T Kimball

  8. Investigating flock-associated mimicry: examining the evidence for, and drivers of, plumage mimicry in the greater and lesser necklaced laughingthrush

    Article • Royal Society Open Science, April 2024, Royal Society Publishing

    Dr Rebecca T Kimball

  9. Testing the mettle of METAL: A comparison of phylogenomic methods using a challenging but well-resolved phylogeny

    Article • March 2024, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press

    Dr Rebecca T Kimball

  10. Phylogenetic placement of the leaf-footed bug tribes Agriopocorini, Amorbini, and Manocoreini (Heteroptera: Coreidae) using ultraconserved elements

    Article • Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, February 2024, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr Rebecca T Kimball

  11. The evolution of multi-component weapons in the superfamily of leaf-footed bugs

    Article • Evolution, January 2024, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr Rebecca T Kimball

  12. Bare parts in the Galliformes: the evolution of a multifunctional structure

    Article • Royal Society Open Science, January 2024, Royal Society Publishing

    Dr Rebecca T Kimball

  13. The role of high-contrast male facial stripes in mitigating female aggression in the jumping spider Plexippus paykulli

    Article • Animal Behaviour, December 2023, Elsevier

    Dr Rebecca T Kimball

  14. Low hybridization temperatures improve target capture success of invertebrate loci: a case study of leaf-footed bugs (Hemiptera: Coreoidea)

    Article • Royal Society Open Science, June 2023, Royal Society Publishing

    Dr Rebecca T Kimball

  15. Functions of avian elongated tails, with suggestions for future studies

    Article • Ibis, May 2023, Wiley

    Dr Rebecca T Kimball

  16. The evolution of multi-component weapons in the superfamily of leaf-footed bugs

    Article • April 2023, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press

    Dr Rebecca T Kimball

  17. Can convergence in mixed-species flocks lead to evolutionary divergence? Evidence for and methods to test this hypothesis

    Article • Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences, April 2023, Royal Society Publishing

    Dr Rebecca T Kimball

  18. Evolution of stridulatory mechanisms: vibroacoustic communication may be common in leaf-footed bugs and allies (Heteroptera: Coreoidea)

    Article • Royal Society Open Science, April 2023, Royal Society Publishing

    Dr Rebecca T Kimball

  19. Estimating phylogenies from genomes: A beginners review of commonly used genomic data in vertebrate phylogenomics

    Article • Journal of Heredity, February 2023, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr Rebecca T Kimball

  20. High association strengths are linked to phenotypic similarity, including plumage color and patterns, of participants in mixed-species bird flocks of southwestern China

    Article • Current Zoology, December 2022, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr Rebecca T Kimball, Edward L Braun

  21. Molecular early burst associated with the diversification of birds at the K–Pg boundary

    Article • October 2022, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press

    Dr Rebecca T Kimball, Edward L Braun

  22. Exploring Conflicts in Whole Genome Phylogenetics: A Case Study within Manakins (Aves: Pipridae)

    Article • Systematic Biology, September 2022, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr Rebecca T Kimball, Edward L Braun

  23. 2022 AOS Marion Jenkinson Service Award to Erin Morrison

    Article • Ornithology, August 2022, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr Rebecca T Kimball

  24. 2022 AOS Peter R. Stettenheim Service Award to Melinda Pruett-Jones

    Article • Ornithological Applications, August 2022, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr Rebecca T Kimball

  25. Updating splits, lumps, and shuffles: Reconciling GenBank names with standardized avian taxonomies

    Article • Ornithology, August 2022, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr Rebecca T Kimball, Edward L Braun

  26. Dancing drives evolution of sexual size dimorphism in manakins

    Article • Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences, May 2022, Royal Society Publishing

    Dr Rebecca T Kimball

  27. Phylogenetic definitions for 25 higher-level clade names of birds

    Article • Avian Research, April 2022, Elsevier

    Dr Rebecca T Kimball, Edward L Braun

  28. Dynamic Patterns of Sex Chromosome Evolution in Neognath Birds: Many Independent Barriers to Recombination at the ATP5F1A Locus

    Article • Birds, January 2022, MDPI AG

    Dr Rebecca T Kimball, Edward L Braun

  29. Dynamic Patterns of Sex Chromosome Evolution in Neognath Birds: Many Independent Barriers to Recombination at the ATP5F1A Locus

    Article • December 2021, MDPI AG

    Dr Rebecca T Kimball, Edward L Braun

  30. Historical specimens and the limits of subspecies phylogenomics in the New World quails (Odontophoridae)

    Article • November 2021, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press

    Dr Rebecca T Kimball, Edward L Braun

  31. Genome-wide assessment of population structure in Florida’s coastal seaside sparrows

    Article • Conservation Genetics, November 2021, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Rebecca T Kimball

  32. Protein Structure, Models of Sequence Evolution, and Data Type Effects in Phylogenetic Analyses of Mitochondrial Data: A Case Study in Birds

    Article • Diversity, November 2021, MDPI AG

    Dr Rebecca T Kimball, Edward L Braun

  33. A novel exome probe set captures phototransduction genes across birds (Aves) enabling efficient analysis of vision evolution

    Article • Molecular Ecology Resources, October 2021, Wiley

    Dr Rebecca T Kimball, Edward L Braun

  34. Protein Structure, Models of Sequence Evolution, and Data Type Effects in Phylogenetic Analyses of Mitochondrial Data: A Case Study in Birds

    Article • September 2021, MDPI AG

    Dr Rebecca T Kimball, Edward L Braun

  35. When good mitochondria go bad: Cyto-nuclear discordance in landfowl (Aves: Galliformes)

    Article • Gene, July 2021, Elsevier

    Dr Rebecca T Kimball, Edward L Braun

  36. Data Types and the Phylogeny of Neoaves

    Article • Birds, January 2021, MDPI AG

    Dr Rebecca T Kimball, Edward L Braun

  37. Data Types and the Phylogeny of Neoaves

    Article • November 2020, MDPI AG

    Dr Rebecca T Kimball, Edward L Braun

  38. Phylogeny and diversification of the gallopheasants (Aves: Galliformes): Testing roles of sexual selection and environmental niche divergence

    Article • Zoologica Scripta, August 2020, Wiley

    Dr Rebecca T Kimball, Edward L Braun

  39. The evolution of autotomy in leaf-footed bugs

    Article • Evolution, April 2020, Wiley

    Dr Rebecca T Kimball

  40. Mitochondrial genome of Apis mellifera anatoliaca (Hymenoptera: Apidae) – the Anatolian honey bee

    Article • Mitochondrial DNA Part B, April 2020, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Rebecca T Kimball, Edward L Braun

  41. Whole genome phylogeny of Gallus: introgression and data-type effects

    Article • Avian Research, March 2020, Elsevier

    Edward L Braun, Dr Rebecca T Kimball

  42. The complete mitochondrial genome of Apis mellifera jemenitica (Insecta: Hymenoptera: Apidae), the Arabian honey bee

    Article • Mitochondrial DNA Part B, January 2020, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Rebecca T Kimball, Edward L Braun

  43. The mitochondrial genome of the Maltese honey bee, Apis mellifera ruttneri (Insecta: Hymenoptera: Apidae)

    Article • Mitochondrial DNA Part B, January 2020, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Rebecca T Kimball, Edward L Braun

  44. The mitochondrial genome of Apis mellifera simensis (Hymenoptera: Apidae), an Ethiopian honey bee

    Article • Mitochondrial DNA Part B, December 2019, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Rebecca T Kimball, Edward L Braun

  45. The complete mitochondrial genome of the West African honey bee Apis mellifera adansonii (Insecta: Hymenoptera: Apidae)

    Article • Mitochondrial DNA Part B, December 2019, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Rebecca T Kimball, Edward L Braun

  46. The mitochondrial genome of the Spanish honey bee, Apis mellifera iberiensis (Insecta: Hymenoptera: Apidae), from Portugal

    Article • Mitochondrial DNA Part B, December 2019, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Rebecca T Kimball, Edward L Braun

  47. Strong phenotypic divergence in spite of low genetic structure in the endemic Mangrove Warbler subspecies (Setophaga petechia xanthotera) of Costa Rica

    Article • Ecology and Evolution, November 2019, Wiley

    Dr Rebecca T Kimball

  48. A Phylogenomic Supertree of Birds

    Article • Diversity, July 2019, MDPI AG

    Dr Rebecca T Kimball, Edward L Braun

  49. The complete mitochondrial genome of Apis mellifera unicolor (Insecta: Hymenoptera: Apidae), the Malagasy honey bee

    Article • Mitochondrial DNA Part B, July 2019, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Rebecca T Kimball, Edward L Braun

  50. The mitochondrial genome of the Carniolan honey bee, Apis mellifera carnica (Insecta: Hymenoptera: Apidae)

    Article • Mitochondrial DNA Part B, July 2019, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Rebecca T Kimball, Edward L Braun

  51. Insight from an Ultraconserved Element Bait Set Designed for Hemipteran Phylogenetics Integrated with Genomic Resources

    Article • Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, October 2018, Elsevier

    Dr Rebecca T Kimball

  52. 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

    Article • Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, September 2018, Elsevier

    Dr Rebecca T Kimball, Edward L Braun

  53. Comparison of the Chinese bamboo partridge and red Junglefowl genome sequences highlights the importance of demography in genome evolution

    Article • BMC Genomics, May 2018, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Rebecca T Kimball, Edward L Braun

  54. Mitochondrial genome diversity and population structure of two western honey bee subspecies in the Republic of South Africa

    Article • Scientific Reports, January 2018, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Rebecca T Kimball, Edward L Braun

  55. Does the use of a multi-trait, multi-test approach to measure animal personality yield different behavioural syndrome results?

    Article • Behaviour, January 2018, Brill

    Dr Rebecca T Kimball

  56. Rapid morphological change of a top predator with the invasion of a novel prey

    Article • Nature Ecology & Evolution, November 2017, Nature

    Dr Rebecca T Kimball

  57. How do seemingly non-vagile clades accomplish trans-marine dispersal? Trait and dispersal evolution in the landfowl (Aves: Galliformes)

    Article • Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences, May 2017, Royal Society Publishing

    Dr Rebecca T Kimball, Edward L Braun

  58. Historical relationships of three enigmatic phasianid genera (Aves: Galliformes) inferred using phylogenomic and mitogenomic data

    Article • Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, April 2017, Elsevier

    Dr Rebecca T Kimball, Edward L Braun

  59. Why Do Phylogenomic Data Sets Yield Conflicting Trees? Data Type Influences the Avian Tree of Life more than Taxon Sampling

    Article • Systematic Biology, March 2017, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr Rebecca T Kimball, Edward L Braun

  60. The complete mitochondrial genome and phylogenetic placement of Apis nigrocincta Smith (Insecta: Hymenoptera: Apidae), an Asian, cavity-nesting honey bee

    Article • Mitochondrial DNA Part B, January 2017, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Rebecca T Kimball, Edward L Braun

  61. The complex evolutionary history of big-eared horseshoe bats (Rhinolophus macrotis complex): insights from genetic, morphological and acoustic data

    Article • Scientific Reports, October 2016, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Rebecca T Kimball

  62. Rapid and recent diversification of curassows, guans, and chachalacas (Galliformes: Cracidae) out of Mesoamerica: Phylogeny inferred from mitochondrial, intron, and ultraconserved element sequences

    Article • Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, September 2016, Elsevier

    Dr Rebecca T Kimball, Edward L Braun

  63. Ancestral range reconstruction of Galliformes: the effects of topology and taxon sampling

    Article • Journal of Biogeography, July 2016, Wiley

    Dr Rebecca T Kimball, Zhengwang Zhang, Edward L Braun

  64. Kin-biased conspecific brood parasitism in a native Mandarin duck population

    Article • Journal of Ornithology, May 2016, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Rebecca T Kimball

  65. Sorting out relationships among the grouse and ptarmigan using intron, mitochondrial, and ultra-conserved element sequences

    Article • Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, May 2016, Elsevier

    Dr Rebecca T Kimball, Edward L Braun

  66. Re-evaluating the distribution of cooperative breeding in birds: is it tightly linked with altriciality?

    Article • Journal of Avian Biology, April 2016, Wiley

    Dr Rebecca T Kimball

  67. Analysis of a Rapid Evolutionary Radiation Using Ultraconserved Elements: Evidence for a Bias in Some Multispecies Coalescent Methods

    Article • Systematic Biology, February 2016, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr Rebecca T Kimball, Edward L Braun

  68. The complete mitochondrial genome of the hybrid honey bee, Apis mellifera capensis × Apis mellifera scutellata, from South Africa

    Article • Mitochondrial DNA Part B, January 2016, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Rebecca T Kimball, Edward L Braun

  69. The complete mitochondrial genome of the Cape honey bee, Apis mellifera capensis Esch. (Insecta: hymenoptera: apidae)

    Article • Mitochondrial DNA Part B, January 2016, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Rebecca T Kimball, Edward L Braun

  70. Avoiding Missing Data Biases in Phylogenomic Inference: An Empirical Study in the Landfowl (Aves: Galliformes)

    Article • Molecular Biology and Evolution, December 2015, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr Rebecca T Kimball, Edward L Braun

  71. Uncommon Levels of Relatedness and Parentage in a Cooperatively Breeding Bird, the Brown-Headed Nuthatch (Sitta pusilla)

    Article • The Wilson Journal of Ornithology, December 2015, Wilson Ornithological Society

    Dr Rebecca T Kimball

  72. Land connectivity changes and global cooling shaped the colonization history and diversification of New World quail (Aves: Galliformes: Odontophoridae)

    Article • Journal of Biogeography, June 2015, Wiley

    Dr Rebecca T Kimball, Edward L Braun

  73. Building the avian tree of life using a large-scale, sparse supermatrix

    Article • Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, March 2015, Elsevier

    Dr Rebecca T Kimball, Edward L Braun

  74. Do pups recognize maternal calls in pomona leaf-nosed bats, Hipposideros pomona?

    Article • Animal Behaviour, February 2015, Elsevier

    Dr Rebecca T Kimball

  75. Coreopsis sect. Pseudoagarista (Asteraceae: Coreopsideae): Molecular phylogeny, chromosome numbers, and comments on taxonomy and distribution

    Article • Taxon, October 2014, International Association for Plant Taxonomy

    Dr Rebecca T Kimball

  76. The evolution of peafowl and other taxa with ocelli (eyespots): a phylogenomic approach

    Article • Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences, September 2014, Royal Society Publishing

    Dr Rebecca T Kimball, Edward L Braun

  77. Incongruence among different mitochondrial regions: A case study using complete mitogenomes

    Article • Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, September 2014, Elsevier

    Dr Rebecca T Kimball, Edward L Braun

  78. Does more sequence data improve estimates of galliform phylogeny? Analyses of a rapid radiation using a complete data matrix

    Article • PeerJ, April 2014, PeerJ

    Dr Rebecca T Kimball, Edward L Braun

  79. Identifying localized biases in large datasets: A case study using the avian tree of life

    Article • Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, December 2013, Elsevier

    Dr Rebecca T Kimball, Edward L Braun

  80. Does more sequence data improve estimates of galliform phylogeny? Analyses of a rapid radiation using a complete data matrix

    Article • November 2013, PeerJ

    Dr Rebecca T Kimball

  81. Geographic Variation in the Acoustic Traits of Greater Horseshoe Bats: Testing the Importance of Drift and Ecological Selection in Evolutionary Processes

    Article • PLOS One, August 2013, PLOS

    Dr Rebecca T Kimball

  82. Assessing Phylogenetic Relationships among Galliformes: A Multigene Phylogeny with Expanded Taxon Sampling in Phasianidae

    Article • PLOS One, May 2013, PLOS

    Dr Rebecca T Kimball, Edward L Braun

  83. Parsimony and Model-Based Analyses of Indels in Avian Nuclear Genes Reveal Congruent and Incongruent Phylogenetic Signals

    Article • Biology, March 2013, MDPI AG

    Dr Rebecca T Kimball, Edward L Braun

  84. Ratite Nonmonophyly: Independent Evidence from 40 Novel Loci

    Article • Systematic Biology, July 2012, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr Rebecca T Kimball, Edward L Braun

  85. Nestmate killing by obligate brood parasitic chicks: is this linked to obligate siblicidal behavior?

    Article • Journal of Ornithology, January 2012, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Rebecca T Kimball

  86. Testing Hypotheses about the Sister Group of the Passeriformes Using an Independent 30-Locus Data Set

    Article • Molecular Biology and Evolution, September 2011, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr Rebecca T Kimball, Edward L Braun

  87. Homoplastic microinversions and the avian tree of life

    Article • BMC Evolutionary Biology, May 2011, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Rebecca T Kimball, Edward L Braun

  88. A Macroevolutionary Perspective on Multiple Sexual Traits in the Phasianidae (Galliformes)

    Article • International Journal of Evolutionary Biology, May 2011, Wiley

    Dr Rebecca T Kimball, Edward L Braun

  89. Are Transposable Element Insertions Homoplasy Free?: An Examination Using the Avian Tree of Life

    Article • Systematic Biology, February 2011, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr Rebecca T Kimball, Edward L Braun

  90. Fine-Scale Spatial Genetic Structure in the Cooperatively Breeding Brown-Headed Nuthatch ( Sitta pusilla )

    Article • Southeastern Naturalist, December 2010, Humboldt Field Research Institute

    Dr Rebecca T Kimball

  91. Dispersers shape fruit diversity in Ficus (Moraceae)

    Article • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, August 2010, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

    Dr Rebecca T Kimball

  92. Comparative molecular evolution and phylogenetic utility of 3′-UTRs and introns in Galliformes

    Article • Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, August 2010, Elsevier

    Dr Rebecca T Kimball, Edward L Braun

  93. Female Choice for Male Morphological Traits in House Sparrows, Passer domesticus

    Article • Ethology, April 2010, Wiley

    Dr Rebecca T Kimball

  94. Molecular and Morphological Divergence in a Pair of Bird Species and Their Ectoparasites

    Article • Journal of Parasitology, December 2009, American Society of Parasitologists

    Dr Rebecca T Kimball

  95. Interspecific brood parasitism in galliform birds

    Article • Ibis, March 2009, Wiley

    Dr Rebecca T Kimball

  96. A well-tested set of primers to amplify regions spread across the avian genome

    Article • Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, March 2009, Elsevier

    Dr Rebecca T Kimball, Edward L Braun

  97. Genetic divergence among Snail Kite subspecies: implications for the conservation of the endangered Florida Snail KiteRostrhamus sociabilis

    Article • Ibis, January 2009, Wiley

    Dr Rebecca T Kimball

  98. On the origin of the Galápagos hawk: an examination of phenotypic differentiation and mitochondrial paraphyly

    Article • Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, November 2008, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr Rebecca T Kimball

  99. Phylogenomic evidence for multiple losses of flight in ratite birds

    Article • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, September 2008, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

    Dr Rebecca T Kimball, Edward L Braun

  100. Isolation and characterization of polymorphic microsatellite markers for the brown-headed nuthatch (Sitta pusilla)

    Article • Conservation Genetics, August 2008, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Rebecca T Kimball

  101. A multigene phylogeny of Galliformes supports a single origin of erectile ability in non-feathered facial traits

    Article • Journal of Avian Biology, July 2008, Wiley

    Dr Rebecca T Kimball

  102. A Phylogenomic Study of Birds Reveals Their Evolutionary History

    Article • Science, June 2008, American Association for the Advancement of Science

    Dr Rebecca T Kimball, Edward L Braun

  103. Correlated evolution of fig size and color supports the dispersal syndromes hypothesis

    Article • Oecologia, March 2008, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Rebecca T Kimball

  104. Duplication of Accelerated Evolution and Growth Hormone Gene in Passerine Birds

    Article • Molecular Biology and Evolution, February 2008, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr Rebecca T Kimball, Edward L Braun

  105. Introns outperform exons in analyses of basal avian phylogeny using clathrin heavy chain genes

    Article • Gene, February 2008, Elsevier

    Dr Rebecca T Kimball, Edward L Braun

  106. Duplication of Accelerated Evolution and Growth Hormone Gene in Passerine Birds

    Article • Molecular Biology and Evolution, January 2008, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr Rebecca T Kimball, Edward L Braun

  107. Co-phylogeography and comparative population genetics of the threatened Galápagos hawk and three ectoparasite species: ecology shapes population histories within parasite communities

    Article • Molecular Ecology, November 2007, Wiley

    Dr Rebecca T Kimball

  108. Patterns of Vertebrate Isochore Evolution Revealed by Comparison of Expressed Mammalian, Avian, and Crocodilian Genes

    Article • Journal of Molecular Evolution, August 2007, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Rebecca T Kimball, Edward L Braun

  109. PHYLOGENETIC POSITION OF THE NEW WORLD QUAIL (ODONTOPHORIDAE): EIGHT NUCLEAR LOCI AND THREE MITOCHONDRIAL REGIONS CONTRADICT MORPHOLOGY AND THE SIBLEY-AHLQUIST TAPESTRY

    Article • Ornithology, January 2007, American Ornithologists' Union

    Dr Rebecca T Kimball, Edward L Braun

  110. Mitochondrial Genomes and Avian Phylogeny: Complex Characters and Resolvability without Explosive Radiations

    Article • Molecular Biology and Evolution, October 2006, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr Rebecca T Kimball, Edward L Braun

  111. Phylogeography of the Galápagos hawk (Buteo galapagoensis): A recent arrival to the Galápagos Islands

    Article • Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, April 2006, Elsevier

    Dr Rebecca T Kimball

  112. Allozyme variation within and divergence between Lemna gibba and L. disperma: Systematic and biogeographic implications

    Article • Aquatic Botany, October 2005, Elsevier

    Dr Rebecca T Kimball

  113. Phylogeny of Coreopsideae (Asteraceae) using ITS sequences suggests lability in reproductive characters

    Article • Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, October 2004, Elsevier

    Dr Rebecca T Kimball

  114. Biogeography of Discontinuously Distributed Hydrophytes: A Molecular Appraisal of Intercontinental Disjunctions

    Article • International Journal of Plant Sciences, November 2003, University of Chicago Press

    Dr Rebecca T Kimball

  115. Out of Africa: molecular phylogenetics and biogeography of Wolffiella (Lemnaceae)

    Article • Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, August 2003, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr Rebecca T Kimball

  116. Occurrence and Evolution of Cooperative Breeding among the Diurnal Raptors (Accipitridae and Falconidae)

    Article • Ornithology, July 2003, JSTOR

    Dr Rebecca T Kimball

  117. EVOLUTIONARY PROCESSES IN THE GENUS COREOCARPUS: INSIGHTS FROM MOLECULAR PHYLOGENETICS

    Article • Evolution, January 2003, The Society for the Study of Evolution

    Dr Rebecca T Kimball

  118. OCCURRENCE AND EVOLUTION OF COOPERATIVE BREEDING AMONG THE DIURNAL RAPTORS (ACCIPITRIDAE AND FALCONIDAE)

    Article • Ornithology, January 2003, American Ornithologists' Union

    Dr Rebecca T Kimball

  119. EVOLUTIONARY PROCESSES IN THE GENUS COREOCARPUS: INSIGHTS FROM MOLECULAR PHYLOGENETICS

    Article • Evolution, January 2003, Wiley

    Dr Rebecca T Kimball

  120. Examining Basal Avian Divergences with Mitochondrial Sequences: Model Complexity, Taxon Sampling, and Sequence Length

    Article • Systematic Biology, July 2002, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr Rebecca T Kimball, Edward L Braun

  121. Allozyme Studies in Lemnaceae: Variation and Relationships in Lemna Sections Alatae and Biformes

    Article • Taxon, November 2001, JSTOR

    Dr Rebecca T Kimball

  122. Inter-simple sequence repeat (ISSR) diversity within Monarda fistulosa var. brevis (Lamiaceae) and divergence between var. brevis and var. fistulosa in West Virginia

    Article • Brittonia, October 2001, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Rebecca T Kimball

  123. The generic placement of a morphologically enigmatic species in Asteraceae: evidence from ITS sequences

    Article • Österreichische Botanische Zeitschrift, August 2001, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Rebecca T Kimball

  124. Phylogenetic Utility of Avian Ovomucoid Intron G: A Comparison of Nuclear and Mitochondrial Phylogenies in Galliformes

    Article • Ornithology, July 2001, JSTOR

    Dr Rebecca T Kimball

  125. Molecular and Morphological Reassessment of Relationships within the Vittadinia Group of Astereae (Asteraceae)

    Article • American Journal of Botany, July 2001, Botanical Society of America

    Dr Rebecca T Kimball

  126. POLYTOMIES, THE POWER OF PHYLOGENETIC INFERENCE, AND THE STOCHASTIC NATURE OF MOLECULAR EVOLUTION: A COMMENT ON WALSH ET AL. (1999)

    Article • Evolution, June 2001, Wiley

    Dr Rebecca T Kimball, Edward L Braun

  127. A molecular phylogeny of the peacock-pheasants (Galliformes: Polyplectron spp.) indicates loss and reduction of ornamental traits and display behaviours

    Article • Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, June 2001, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr Rebecca T Kimball

  128. A molecular phylogeny of the peacock-pheasants (Galliformes Polyplectron spp.) indicates loss and reduction of ornamental traits and display behaviours

    Article • Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, June 2001, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr Rebecca T Kimball, Edward L Braun

  129. Evolution of the Mitochondrial DNA Control Region and Cytochrome b Genes and the Inference of Phylogenetic Relationships in the Avian Genus Lophura (Galliformes)

    Article • Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, May 2001, Elsevier

    Dr Rebecca T Kimball, Edward L Braun

  130. Phylogenetic Utility of Avian Ovomucoid Intron G: A Comparison of Nuclear and Mitochondrial Phylogenies in Galliformes

    Article • Ornithology, January 2001, American Ornithologists' Union

    Dr Rebecca T Kimball

  131. POLYTOMIES, THE POWER OF PHYLOGENETIC INFERENCE, AND THE STOCHASTIC NATURE OF MOLECULAR EVOLUTION: A COMMENT ON WALSH ET AL. (1999)

    Article • Evolution, January 2001, The Society for the Study of Evolution

    Dr Rebecca T Kimball

  132. Mitochondrial DNA Phylogeny and Speciation in the Tragopans

    Article • Ornithology, October 2000, JSTOR

    Dr Rebecca T Kimball, Edward L Braun

  133. MITOCHONDRIAL DNA PHYLOGENY AND SPECIATION IN THE TRAGOPANS

    Article • Ornithology, January 2000, American Ornithologists' Union

    Dr Rebecca T Kimball

  134. Evolution of Avian Plumage Dichromatism from a Proximate Perspective

    Article • The American Naturalist, August 1999, University of Chicago Press

    Dr Rebecca T Kimball

  135. A Molecular Phylogeny of the Pheasants and Partridges Suggests That These Lineages Are Not Monophyletic

    Article • Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, February 1999, Elsevier

    Dr Rebecca T Kimball, Edward L Braun

  136. Are Rooster Crows Honest Signals of Fighting Ability?

    Article • Ornithology, July 1998, JSTOR

    Dr Rebecca T Kimball

  137. Mate choice by female red junglefowl: the issues of multiple ornaments and fluctuating asymmetry

    Article • Animal Behaviour, January 1998, Elsevier

    Dr Rebecca T Kimball

  138. Resolution of the phylogenetic position of the Congo peafowl, Afropavo congensis: a biogeographic and evolutionary enigma

    Article • Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences, October 1997, Royal Society Publishing

    Dr Rebecca T Kimball, Edward L Braun

  139. Testicular Asymmetry and Secondary Sexual Characters in Red Junglefowl

    Article • Ornithology, April 1997, JSTOR

    Dr Rebecca T Kimball

  140. Fluctuating asymmetry in red junglefowl

    Article • Journal of Evolutionary Biology, January 1997, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Rebecca T Kimball

  141. Sexual ornamentation, condition, and immune defence in the house sparrow Passer domesticus

    Article • Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, November 1996, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Rebecca T Kimball