Nuclear DNA from the extinct Passenger Pigeon (Ectopistes migratorius) confirms a single origin of New World pigeons

2011/04/15 by Tara L. Fulton, Stephen M. Wagner, Clemency Fisher +1 · 2 citations
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology · Environmental Science · #Avian ecology and behavior #Genetic diversity and population structure #Species Distribution and Climate Change

paper · doi:10.1016/j.aanat.2011.02.017

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Citations

• Flight of the Dodo
• Ancient DNA: Do It Right or Not at All
• The flight of the Passenger Pigeon: Phylogenetics and biogeographic history of an extinct species
• Two aspects along the continuum of pigeon evolution: A South-Pacific radiation and the relationship of pigeons within Neoaves
• Mitochondrial and Nuclear DNA Sequences Support a Cretaceous Origin of Columbiformes and a Dispersal-Driven Radiation in the Paleogene
• A Draft Sequence of the Neandertal Genome
• A MOLECULAR PHYLOGENY OF THE DOVE GENERA STREPTOPELIA AND COLUMBA

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• Experimental Investigation of the Dietary Ecology of the Extinct Passenger Pigeon, Ectopistes migratorius
• Passenger pigeon [wikipedia]