Kathleen J. Miglia

TL;DR: This study examined ∼32 kilobases of aligned nuclear DNA sequences from 19 independent loci for 169 species, representing all major extant groups, and recovered a robust phylogeny from a genome-wide signal supported by multiple analytical methods.

TL;DR: If incongruence among trees estimated using phylogenomic methods largely reflects problems with model fit developing more “biologically‐realistic” models is likely to be critical for efforts to reconstruct the tree of life.

TL;DR: A phylogenetic analyses of 20 unlinked nuclear genes reveal a genome-wide signal that unequivocally places tinamous within ratites, making ratites polyphyletic and suggesting multiple losses of flight.

TL;DR: Evidence is presented here to support the thesis that instances of sexual lability, the presence of an array of sexual intermediates, sex-switching, and sexual niche segregation can be explained in terms of the pathway that was taken in the evolution of a particular dioecious species.

TL;DR: SNPs present in these rapidly evolving regions are increasingly being used as markers because they provide anopportun ity to assess a large number of unlinked loci for a range of population questions and have the potential to be used in parentage studies and for quantitativegenetic studies in wild populations.