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Joel Cracraft

Researcher at American Museum of Natural History

Publications -  140
Citations -  14925

Joel Cracraft is an academic researcher from American Museum of Natural History. The author has contributed to research in topics: Phylogenetic tree & Biogeography. The author has an hindex of 54, co-authored 136 publications receiving 13692 citations. Previous affiliations of Joel Cracraft include University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign & University of Illinois at Chicago.

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Whole-genome analyses resolve early branches in the tree of life of modern birds

Erich D. Jarvis, +116 more
- 12 Dec 2014 - 
TL;DR: A genome-scale phylogenetic analysis of 48 species representing all orders of Neoaves recovered a highly resolved tree that confirms previously controversial sister or close relationships and identifies the first divergence in Neoaves, two groups the authors named Passerea and Columbea.
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Species Concepts and Speciation Analysis

TL;DR: A new mechanistic taxonomy of speciation is needed before population genetics, which deals with evolutionary mechanisms, can be properly integrated with speciation theory; that is, the various modes of Speciation should be characterized according to the various forces and genetic mechanisms that underly the evolution of isolating barriers.
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Phylogeny and diversification of the largest avian radiation

TL;DR: The historical framework suggests multiple waves of passerine dispersal from Australasia into Eurasia, Africa, and the New World, commencing as early as the Eocene, essentially reversing the classical scenario of oscine biogeography.