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Bird genetics

Breed Locally, Disperse Globally: Fine-Scale Genetic Structure Despite Landscape-Scale Panmixia in a Fire-Specialist

Jennifer C. Pierson, Fred W. Allendorf, Pierre Drapeau, Michael K. Schwartz

published 25 Jun 2013

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Lack of Structural Variation but Extensive Length Polymorphisms and Heteroplasmic Length Variations in the Mitochondrial DNA Control Region of Highly Inbred Crested Ibis, Nipponia nippon

Xue-Lian He, Chang-Qing Ding, Jian-Lin Han

published 21 Jun 2013

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Uneven Large-Scale Movement Patterns in Wild and Reintroduced Pre-Adult Bearded Vultures: Conservation Implications

Antoni Margalida, Martina Carrete, Daniel Hegglin, David Serrano, Rafael Arenas, José A. Donázar

published 11 Jun 2013

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Limited Population Structure, Genetic Drift and Bottlenecks Characterise an Endangered Bird Species in a Dynamic, Fire-Prone Ecosystem

Sarah M. Brown, Katherine A. Harrisson, Rohan H. Clarke, Andrew F. Bennett, Paul Sunnucks

published 23 Apr 2013

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The Causes and Evolutionary Consequences of Mixed Singing in Two Hybridizing Songbird Species (Luscinia spp.)

Jana Vokurková, Tereza Petrusková, Radka Reifová, Alexandra Kozman, Libor Mořkovský, Silke Kipper, Michael Weiss, Jiří Reif, Paweł T. Dolata, Adam Petrusek

published 05 Apr 2013

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Viability Is Associated with Melanin-Based Coloration in the Barn Swallow (Hirundo rustica)

Nicola Saino, Maria Romano, Diego Rubolini, Roberto Ambrosini, Manuela Caprioli, Aldo Milzani, Alessandra Costanzo, Graziano Colombo, Luca Canova, Kazumasa Wakamatsu

published 03 Apr 2013

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Evidence for the Circulation and Inter-Hemispheric Movement of the H14 Subtype Influenza A Virus

Anthony C. Fries, Jacqueline M. Nolting, Angela Danner, Robert G. Webster, Andrew S. Bowman, Scott Krauss, Richard D. Slemons

published 28 Mar 2013

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Social Mating System and Sex-Biased Dispersal in Mammals and Birds: A Phylogenetic Analysis

Karen E. Mabry, Erin L. Shelley, Katie E. Davis, Daniel T. Blumstein, Dirk H. Van Vuren

published 06 Mar 2013

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Population and Colony-Level Determinants of Tertiary Sex Ratio in the Declining Barn Swallow

Nicola Saino, Maria Romano, Diego Rubolini, Manuela Caprioli, Roberto Ambrosini, Giuseppe Boncoraglio, Luca Canova

published 13 Feb 2013

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Investigating the Role of the Melanocortin-1 Receptor Gene in an Extreme Case of Microgeographical Variation in the Pattern of Melanin-Based Plumage Pigmentation

Yann X. C. Bourgeois, Joris A. M. Bertrand, Christophe Thébaud, Borja Milá

published 05 Dec 2012

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Learned Vocal Variation Is Associated with Abrupt Cryptic Genetic Change in a Parrot Species Complex

Raoul F. H. Ribot, Katherine L. Buchanan, John A. Endler, Leo Joseph, Andrew T. D. Bennett, Mathew L. Berg

published 05 Dec 2012

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Molecular Surveillance of Low Pathogenic Avian Influenza Viruses in Wild Birds across the United States: Inferences from the Hemagglutinin Gene

Antoinette J. Piaggio, Susan A. Shriner, Kaci K. VanDalen, Alan B. Franklin, Theodore D. Anderson, Sergios-Orestis Kolokotronis

published 04 Dec 2012

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Evidence for Vocal Learning and Limited Dispersal as Dual Mechanisms for Dialect Maintenance in a Parrot

Alejandro Salinas-Melgoza, Timothy F. Wright

published 06 Nov 2012

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