The common chaffinch, Fringilla coelebs, is one of the most common, widespread, and well-
studied passerines in Europe, with a broad distribution encompassing Western Europe and …

Islands, and the particular organisms that populate them, have long fascinated biologists.
Due to their isolation, islands offer unique opportunities to study the effect of neutral and …

Turdoides affinis is a species of group dwelling old world passerine of family Leiothrichidae.
Unavailability of genome-wide sequence and species-specific molecular markers have …

Understanding the targets of selection associated with changes in behavioral traits
represents an important challenge of current evolutionary research. Owls (Strigiformes) are …

The climate fluctuations of the Quaternary shaped the movement of species in and out of
glacial refugia. In Europe, the majority of species followed one of the described traditional …

Mitochondria are known to play an essential role in the cell. These organelles contain their
own DNA, which is divided in a coding and non-coding region (NCR). While much of the …

The study of insular populations was key in the development of evolutionary theory. The
successful colonisation of an island depends on the geographic context, and specific …

Avian evolution has been of great interest in the context of extinction. Annotating the
genomes such as Passerines would be a significant interest as we could understand the …

The dramatic climate fluctuations of the Quaternary were key in shaping the global
distribution of species and communities observed today16, 121. During the last glaciation …