The role of fossils in dating the tree of life has been misunderstood. Fossils can provide
good “minimum” age estimates for branches in the tree, but “maximum” constraints on those …

The increased capacity of DNA sequencing has significantly advanced our understanding of
the phylogeny of birds and the proximate and ultimate mechanisms molding their genomic …

Phylogenomics, the use of large-scale data matrices in phylogenetic analyses, has been
viewed as the ultimate solution to the problem of resolving difficult nodes in the tree of life …

Dating the tree of life is a core endeavor in evolutionary biology. Rates of evolution are
fundamental to nearly every evolutionary model and process. Rates need dates. There is …

Vertebrate palaeontology is a lively field, with new discoveries reported every week... and
not only dinosaurs! This new edition reflects the international scope of vertebrate …

Se presenta un análisis del listado actualizado de las aves de México, con enfoques
taxonómicos actuales y abarcando todas aquellas especies que tengan registros recientes …

The first edition of this book was written at a time when comprehensive analyses of
molecular sequence data just began to provide a robust framework for the interrelationships …

Evolutionary relationships among birds in Neoaves, the clade comprising the vast majority of
avian diversity, have vexed systematists due to the ancient, rapid radiation of numerous …

Patterns of diversification and timing of evolution within Neoaves, which includes almost
95% of all bird species, are virtually unknown. On the other hand, molecular data …

In recent years, avian systematics has been characterized by a diminished reliance on
morphological cladistics of modern taxa, intensive palaeornithogical research stimulated by …