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Evolution of Nest Construction in Swallows (Hirundinidae): A Molecular Phylogenetic Perspective by Winkler, David W., Sheldon, Frederick H.

“…Nest construction is more diverse in the Hirundinidae than in any other family of oscine birds. To explore the evolution of this diversity, we superimposed…”
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Angled vas cutter for vasovasostomy: technique and results by Crosnoe, Lindsey E., B.S, Kim, Edward D., M.D, Perkins, Amy R., M.S, Marks, Matthew B., M.S, Burrows, Peter J., M.D, Marks, Sheldon H.F., M.D

“…Objective To describe the technique and results of bilateral vasovasostomy using a 3-mm vas cutting forceps angled at 15° (catalog no. NHF-3.15; ASSI) for…”
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Molecular and Osteological Heron Phylogenies: Sources of Incongruence by McCracken, Kevin G., Sheldon, Frederick H.

“…Payne and Risley's (1976) comparison of 33 osteological characters of herons was the first cladistic estimate of heron phylogeny. Among their findings were two…”
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DNA-DNA hybridization evidence of the rapid rate of muroid rodent DNA evolution by CATZEFLIS, F. M, SHELDON, F. H, AHLQUIST, J. E, SIBLEY, C. G

“…Single-copy nuclear DNAs (scnDNAs) of eight species of arvicoline and six species of murine rodents were compared using DNA-DNA hybridization. The branching…”
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Intergeneric Phylogenetic Relationships of Swallows Estimated by DNA-DNA Hybridization by Sheldon, Frederick H., Winkler, David W.

“…The phylogeny of the subfamily Hirundininae was estimated by hybridizing single-copy nuclear DNAs of 21 swallow species, representing 19 former and current…”
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Phylogeny of swallows (Aves: Hirundinidae) estimated from nuclear and mitochondrial DNA sequences by Sheldon, Frederick H., Whittingham, Linda A., Moyle, Robert G., Slikas, Beth, Winkler, David W.

“…The phylogeny of swallows was reconstructed by comparing segments of three genes, nuclear β-fibrinogen intron 7 (βfib7), mitochondrial cytochrome b (cytb), and…”
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Use of an Exotic Tree Plantation by Bornean Lowland Forest Birds by Mitra, Shaibal S., Sheldon, Frederick H.

“…During May to July 1982, we surveyed birds in primary forest and in different-aged groves of the exotic tree Albizia falcataria at Sabah Softwoods, a lowland…”
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Rates of single-copy DNA evolution in herons by SHEIDON, F. H

“…DNA-DNA hybridization was used to discover the extent of single-copy DNA similarity among 13 species of herons and one ibis. Genetic distances among taxa were…”
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DNA-DNA Hybridization Evidence of Phylogenetic Relationships among Major Lineages of Parus by Sheldon, Frederick H., Slikas, Beth, Kinnarney, Maureen, Gill, Frank B., E. Zhao, Silverin, Bengt

“…DNA-DNA hybrids were formed among 2 outgroups and 12 taxa of titmice and chickadees to estimate the genealogical relationships of the main Parus lineages. A…”
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Avian Vocalizations and Phylogenetic Signal by McCracken, Kevin G., Sheldon, Frederick H.

“…The difficulty of separating genetic and ecological components of vocalizations has discouraged biologists from using vocal characters to reconstruct…”
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Phylogenetic Relationships of the Zigzag Heron (Zebrilus undulatus) and White-Crested Bittern (Tigriornis leucolophus) Estimated by DNA-DNA Hybridization by Sheldon, Frederick H., McCracken, Kevin G., Keeley D. Stuebing

“…Recently, we acquired DNA of two rare species of heron, the Neotropical Zigzag Heron (Zebrilus undulatus) and the African White-crested Bittern (Tigriornis…”
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Relative patterns and rates of evolution in heron nuclear and mitochondrial DNA by Sheldon, F H, Jones, C E, McCracken, K G

“…Mitochondrial cytochrome b sequence data from 15 species of herons (Aves: Ardeidae), representing 13 genera, were compared with DNA hybridization data of…”
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A comparison of cytochrome b and DNA hybridization data bearing on the phylogeny of swallows (Aves: Hirundinidae) by Sheldon, F H, Whittingham, L A, Winkler, D W

“…Cytochrome b sequence data from 17 species representing 16 genera of swallows (Aves: Hirundinidae) were compared with DNA-DNA hybridization data from the same…”
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Relationships among Cave Swallow Populations (Petrochelidon fulva) Determined by Comparisons of Microsatellite and Cytochrome b Data by Kirchman, Jeremy J., Whittingham, Linda A., Sheldon, Frederick H.

“…The cave swallow (Petrochelidon fulva) is a polytypic species with isolated populations in northwestern South America, southwestern North America, Yucatan,…”
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Dense sampling of bird diversity increases power of comparative genomics (vol 587, pg 252, 2020) by Stiller, J, Deng, Y, Armstrong, J, Fang, Q, Reeve, A H, Xie, D, Faircloth, B C, Diekhans, M, Margaryan, A, Howard, J T, Parent, C, Puetz, L, Cavill, E, Ribeiro, A M, Fjeldsa, J, Hosner, P A, Christidis, L, Tietze, D T, Robertson, B C, Song, G, Borgia, G, Cowen, S J, Njoroge, P, Dumbacher, J P, Ryder, O A, Fuchs, J, Bunce, M, Burt, D W, Meng, G L, Ryan, P G, Jamieson, I G, da Fonseca, R R, Braun, E L, Houde, P, Mirarab, S, Suh, A, Hansson, B, Frandsen, P B, Balakrishnan, C N, Clark, A G, Fitzpatrick, J W, Bowman, R, Chen, N, Cloutier, A, Edwards, S V, Foote, D J, Shakya, S B, Sheldon, F H, Shapiro, B, Gonzalez-Solis, J, Ferrer-Obiol, J, Riutort, M, Tigano, A, Friesen, V, Urrutia, A O, Szekely, T, Liu, Y, Campana, M G, Corvelo, A, Fleischer, R C, Gemmell, N J, Thiele, N, Delmore, K, Franke, A, Hoeppner, M P, Fudickar, A M, Mila, B, Fidler, A E, Friis, G, Parody-Merino, A M, Battley, P F, Cox, M P, Prosdocimi, F, Parchman, T L, Schlinger, B A, Loiselle, B A, Lim, H C, Fuxjager, M J, Baldwin, M W, Braun, M J, Wirthlin, M, Ryder, T B, Camenisch, G, Keller, L F, DaCosta, J M, Hauber, M E, Louder, M I M, Witt, C C, Carling, M D, Taylor, S A, Del-Rio, G, Aleixo, A, Vasconcelos, A T R, Mello, C V, Weir, J T, Haussler, D, Yang, H M, Wang, J, Paten, B, Zhang, G J

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Interspecific relationships and biogeography of some Bornean tree shrews (Tupaiidae Tupaia), based on DNA hybridization and morphometric comparisons by HAN, KWAI-HIN, SHELDON, FREDERICK H, STUEBING, ROBERT B

“…The interspecific relationships and biogeography of seven southeast Asian tree shrew species in the genus Tupaia were examined by DNA hybridization and…”
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MOLECULAR PHYLOGENY OF JACANAS AND ITS IMPLICATIONS FOR MORPHOLOGIC AND BIOGEOGRAPHIC EVOLUTION by Whittingham, Linda A, Sheldon, Frederick H, Emlen, Stephen T

“…We compared sequences of mitochondrial cytochrome-b and ND5 genes in a phylogenetic analysis of seven species of jacanas, representing all six genera and…”
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The Effects of Sequence Removal on DNA-hybridization Estimates of Distance, Phylogeny, and Rates of Evolution by Sheldon, Frederick H., Kinnarney, Maureen

“…The robustness of DNA-hybridization estimates of distance, phylogeny, and rates of evolution was examined via a technique called absorption. Single-copy…”
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Avian Molecular Systematics, 1970s to 1990s by Sheldon, F H, Bledsoe, A H

“…We assessed the current state of avian molecular systematics by (i) considering some of the historical factors that have shaped the field in the last 20 years,…”
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A comparison of solution and membrane-bound DNA x DNA hybridization, as used to infer phylogeny by Houde, P, Sheldon, F H, Kreitman, M

“…A new method of membrane-bound DNA x DNA hybridization was devised to accommodate the study of small quantities of DNA obtained from museum specimens for…”
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