Molecular systematics and taxonomic overview of the bird's nest fungi (Nidulariaceae)

Molecular systematics of New World suboscine birds.

Phylogenetic relationships among New World suboscine birds were studied using nuclear and mitochondrial DNA sequences. New World suboscines were shown to constitute two distinct lineages, one apparently consisting of the single species Sapayoa aenigma, the other made up of the remaining 1000+ species of New World suboscines. With the exception of Sapayoa, monophyly of New World suboscines was s...

Nest building by birds

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Dense taxonomic EST sampling and its applications for molecular systematics of the Coleoptera (beetles).

Expressed sequence tag (EST) sequences can provide a wealth of data for phylogenetic and genomic studies, but the utility of these resources is restricted by poor taxonomic sampling. Here, we use small EST libraries (<1,000 clones) to generate phylogenetic markers across a broad sample of insects, focusing on the species-rich Coleoptera (beetles). We sequenced over 23,000 ESTs from 34 taxa, whi...

Systematics of Microbial Kingdom (s) and Fungi

Diversity, Ecology, and Systematics of Smut Fungi