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