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Replicated hybrid zones of Xiphophorus swordtails along an elevational gradient by CULUMBER, Z. W., FISHER, H. S., TOBLER, M., MATEOS, M., BARBER, P. H., SORENSON, M. D., ROSENTHAL, G. G.

“…Natural hybrid zones provide opportunities to study a range of evolutionary phenomena from speciation to the genetic basis of fitness‐related traits. We show…”
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Hybridization between white-headed ducks and introduced ruddy ducks in Spain by MUÑOZ-FUENTES, V, VILÀ, C, GREEN, A.J, NEGRO, J.J, SORENSON, M.D

“…The ruddy duck, Oxyura jamaicensis, was introduced to Great Britain in the mid-20th century and has recently spread to other Western European countries. In…”
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Community-level interactions and functional ecology of major workers in the hyperdiverse ground-foraging Pheidole (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) of Amazonian Ecuador by Mertl, A. L, Sorenson, M. D, Traniello, J. F. A

“…Ants of the genus Pheidole are abundant and hyperdiverse, particularly in Neotropical rainforests. Very little is known, however, about the degree of…”
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The evolution of sexual dimorphism in parasitic cuckoos: sexual selection or coevolution? by Krüger, O, Davies, N.B, Sorenson, M.D

“…Sexual dimorphism is ubiquitous in animals and can result from selection pressure on one or both sexes. Sexual selection has become the predominant explanation…”
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An extra nucleotide is not translated in mitochondrial ND3 of some birds and turtles by Mindell, D P, Sorenson, M D, Dimcheff, D E

“…We have discovered a single "extra" nucleotide in the mitochondrial (mt) NADH dehydrogenase subunit III (ND3) gene in 46 species of birds (fig. 1) at position…”
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More taxa, more characters: the hoatzin problem is still unresolved by Sorenson, Michael D, Oneal, Elen, Garcia-Moreno, Jaime, Mindell, David P

“…The apparently rapid and ancient diversification of many avian orders complicates the resolution of their relationships using molecular data. Recent studies…”
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Multimodal signalling in estrildid finches: song, dance and colour are associated with different ecological and life‐history traits by Gomes, A. C. R., Funghi, C., Soma, M., Sorenson, M. D., Cardoso, G. C.

“…Sexual traits (e.g. visual ornaments, acoustic signals, courtship behaviour) are often displayed together as multimodal signals. Some hypotheses predict joint…”
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Song mimicry of Black-bellied Firefinch Lagonosticta rara and other finches by the brood-parasitic Cameroon Indigobird Vidua camerunensis in West Africa by PAYNE, R. B., BARLOW, C. R., BALAKRISHNAN, C. N., SORENSON, M. D.

“…Brood‐parasitic finches Vidua spp. mimic songs of their foster species, with most Vidua species both mimicking songs and parasitizing nests of a single…”
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Parallel evolution in the major haemoglobin genes of eight species of Andean waterfowl by McCracken, K.G, Barger, C.P, Bulgarella, M, Johnson, K.P, Sonsthagen, S.A, Trucco, J, Valqui, T.H, Wilson, R.E, Winker, K, Sorenson, M.D

“…Theory predicts that parallel evolution should be common when the number of beneficial mutations is limited by selective constraints on protein structure…”
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Relationships of the extinct moa-nalos, flightless Hawaiian waterfowl, based on ancient DNA by Sorenson, Michael D., Cooper, Alan, Paxinos, Ellen E., Quinn, Thomas W., James, Helen F., Olson, Storrs L., Fleischer, Robert C.

“…The extinct moa–nalos were very large, flightless waterfowl from the Hawaiian islands. We extracted, amplified and sequenced mitochondrial DNA from fossil…”
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MANTA--an open-source, high density electrophysiology recording suite for MATLAB by Englitz, B, David, S V, Sorenson, M D, Shamma, S A

“…The distributed nature of nervous systems makes it necessary to record from a large number of sites in order to decipher the neural code, whether single cell,…”
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Behavioural and genetic evidence of a recent population switch to a novel host species in brood-parasitic indigobirds Vidua chalybeata by Payne, R. B., Hustler, K., Stjernstedt, R., Sefc, K. M., Sorenson, M. D.

“…We describe a population of Village Indigobirds Vidua chalybeata on the Zambezi River that parasitizes the nests and mimics the songs of a novel host species,…”
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Primers for a PCR-Based Approach to Mitochondrial Genome Sequencing in Birds and Other Vertebrates by Sorenson, Michael D., Ast, Jennifer C., Dimcheff, Derek E., Yuri, Tamaki, Mindell, David P.

“…A PCR-based approach to sequencing complete mitochondrial genomes is described along with a set of 86 primers designed primarily for avian mitochondrial DNA…”
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Ancient DNA and island endemics by Cooper, Alan, Rhymer, Judith, James, Helen F, Olson, Storrs L, Mclntosh, Carl E, Sorenson, Michael D, Fleischer, Robert C

“…Most recently extinct and currently endangered species of birds are inhabitants of islands, where the effects of anthropogenic predation and habitat…”
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Genetic evidence for female host-specific races of the common cuckoo by Gibbs, H. Lisle, Sorenson, Michael D, Marchetti, Karen, de L. Brooke, M, Davies, N. B, Nakamura, Hiroshi

“…The common cuckoo Cuculus canorus is divided into host-specific races (gentes). Females of each race lay a distinctive egg type that tends to match the host's…”
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Comparing Molecular Evolution in Two Mitochondrial Protein Coding Genes (Cytochromeband ND2) in the Dabbling Ducks (Tribe: Anatini) by Johnson, Kevin P, Sorenson, Michael D

“…Rates of sequence evolution were estimated for the cytochromeb(cytb) and NADH dehydrogenase subunit 2 (ND2) genes using a phylogeny of the dabbling ducks…”
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Multiple Independent Origins of Mitochondrial Gene Order in Birds by Mindell, David P., Sorenson, Michael D., Dimcheff, Derek E.

“…Mitochondrial genomes of all vertebrate animals analyzed to date have the same 37 genes, whose arrangement in the circular DNA molecule varies only in the…”
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A SINGLE ANCIENT ORIGIN OF BROOD PARASITISM IN AFRICAN FINCHES: IMPLICATIONS FOR HOST-PARASITE COEVOLUTION by Sorenson, Michael D, Payne, Robert B

“…Robust phylogenies for brood-parasitic birds, their hosts, and nearest nesting relatives provide the framework to address historical questions about…”
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Multiple Independent Transpositions of Mitochondrial DNA Control Region Sequences to the Nucleus by Sorenson, Michael D., Fleischer, Robert C.

“…Transpositions of mtDNA sequences to the nuclear genome have been documented in a wide variety of individual taxa, but little is known about their taxonomic…”
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Interordinal Relationships of Birds and Other Reptiles Based on Whole Mitochondrial Genomes by Mindell, David P., Sorenson, Michael D., Dimcheff, Derek E., Hasegawa, Masami, Ast, Jennifer C., Yuri, Tamaki, Waddell, P.

“…Several different groups of birds have been proposed as being the oldest or earliest diverging extant lineage within the avian phylogenetic tree, particularly…”
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