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Morgan Wirthlin
Researcher at Carnegie Mellon University
Publications - 42
Citations - 2976
Morgan Wirthlin is an academic researcher from Carnegie Mellon University. The author has contributed to research in topics: Biology & Vocal learning. The author has an hindex of 12, co-authored 28 publications receiving 2298 citations. Previous affiliations of Morgan Wirthlin include Oregon Health & Science University.
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Whole-genome analyses resolve early branches in the tree of life of modern birds
Erich D. Jarvis,Siavash Mirarab,Andre J. Aberer,Bo Li,Bo Li,Bo Li,Peter Houde,Cai Li,Cai Li,Simon Y. W. Ho,Brant C. Faircloth,Benoit Nabholz,Jason T. Howard,Alexander Suh,Claudia C. Weber,Rute R. da Fonseca,Jianwen Li,Fang Zhang Zhang,Hui Li,Long Zhou,Nitish Narula,Nitish Narula,Liang Liu,Ganesh Ganapathy,Bastien Boussau,Shamsuzzoha Bayzid,Volodymyr Zavidovych,Sankar Subramanian,Toni Gabaldón,Salvador Capella-Gutierrez,Jaime Huerta-Cepas,Bhanu Rekepalli,Bhanu Rekepalli,Kasper Munch,Mikkel H. Schierup,Bent E. K. Lindow,Wesley C. Warren,David A. Ray,Richard E. Green,Michael William Bruford,Xiangjiang Zhan,Xiangjiang Zhan,Andrew Dixon,Shengbin Li,Ning Li,Yinhua Huang,Elizabeth P. Derryberry,Elizabeth P. Derryberry,Mads F. Bertelsen,Frederick H. Sheldon,Robb T. Brumfield,Claudio V. Mello,Claudio V. Mello,Peter V. Lovell,Morgan Wirthlin,Maria Paula Cruz Schneider,Francisco Prosdocimi,José Alfredo Samaniego,Amhed Missael Vargas Velazquez,Alonzo Alfaro-Núñez,Paula F. Campos,Bent O. Petersen,Thomas Sicheritz-Pontén,An Pas,Thomas L. Bailey,R. Paul Scofield,Michael Bunce,David M. Lambert,Qi Zhou,Polina L. Perelman,Amy C. Driskell,Beth Shapiro,Zijun Xiong,Yongli Zeng,Shiping Liu,Zhenyu Li,Binghang Liu,Kui Wu,Jin Xiao,Xiong Yinqi,Quiemei Zheng,Yong Zhang,Huanming Yang,Jian Wang,Linnéa Smeds,Frank E. Rheindt,Michael J. Braun,Jon Fjeldså,Ludovic Orlando,F. Keith Barker,Knud A. Jønsson,Warren E. Johnson,Klaus-Peter Koepfli,Stephen J. O'Brien,David Haussler,Oliver A. Ryder,Carsten Rahbek,Eske Willerslev,Gary R. Graves,Gary R. Graves,Travis C. Glenn,John E. McCormack,Dave Burt,Hans Ellegren,Per Alström,Scott V. Edwards,Alexandros Stamatakis,David P. Mindell,Joel Cracraft,Edward L. Braun,Tandy Warnow,Tandy Warnow,Wang Jun,M. Thomas P. Gilbert,M. Thomas P. Gilbert,Guojie Zhang,Guojie Zhang +116 more
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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Convergent transcriptional specializations in the brains of humans and song-learning birds
Andreas R. Pfenning,Erina Hara,Osceola Whitney,Miriam V. Rivas,Rui Wang,Petra L. Roulhac,Jason T. Howard,Morgan Wirthlin,Peter V. Lovell,Ganeshkumar Ganapathy,Jacquelyn Mouncastle,M. Arthur Moseley,J. Will Thompson,Erik J. Soderblom,Atsushi Iriki,Masaki Kato,M. Thomas P. Gilbert,Guojie Zhang,Trygve E. Bakken,Angie Bongaarts,Amy Bernard,Ed S. Lein,Claudio V. Mello,Alexander J. Hartemink,Erich D. Jarvis +24 more
TL;DR: The finding that convergent neural circuits for vocal learning are accompanied by convergent molecular changes of multiple genes in species separated by millions of years from a common ancestor indicates that brain circuits for complex traits may have limited ways in which they could have evolved from that ancestor.
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A New Chicken Genome Assembly Provides Insight into Avian Genome Structure
Wesley C. Warren,LaDeana W. Hillier,Chad Tomlinson,Patrick Minx,Milinn Kremitzki,Tina Graves,Chris Markovic,Nathan Bouk,Kim D. Pruitt,Françoise Thibaud-Nissen,Valerie A. Schneider,Tamer A. Mansour,C. Titus Brown,Aleksey V. Zimin,Rachel Hawken,Mitch Abrahamsen,Alexis B. Pyrkosz,Mireille Morisson,Valerie Fillon,Alain Vignal,William Chow,Kerstin Howe,Janet E. Fulton,Marcia M. Miller,Peter V. Lovell,Claudio V. Mello,Morgan Wirthlin,Andrew S. Mason,Richard Kuo,David W. Burt,Jerry B. Dodgson,Hans H. Cheng +31 more
TL;DR: A new version of the chicken genome assembly is presented, built from combined long single molecule sequencing technology, finished BACs, and improved physical maps, and revisited the question of what genes are missing in the avian lineage, and found that a large fraction of the original set of missing genes are still absent in sequenced bird species.
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Dense sampling of bird diversity increases power of comparative genomics.
Shaohong Feng,Josefin Stiller,Yuan Deng,Joel Armstrong,Joel Armstrong,Qi Fang,Andrew Hart Reeve,Duo Xie,Guangji Chen,Chunxue Guo,Brant C. Faircloth,Bent O. Petersen,Zongji Wang,Qi Zhou,Qi Zhou,Mark Diekhans,Mark Diekhans,Wanjun Chen,Sergio Andreu-Sánchez,Ashot Margaryan,Ashot Margaryan,Jason T. Howard,Carole A. Parent,George Pacheco,Mikkel-Holger S. Sinding,Lara Puetz,Emily Cavill,Ângela M. Ribeiro,Leopold Eckhart,Jon Fjeldså,Peter A. Hosner,Robb T. Brumfield,Les Christidis,Mads F. Bertelsen,Thomas Sicheritz-Pontén,Dieter Thomas Tietze,Bruce C. Robertson,Gang Song,Gerald Borgia,Santiago Claramunt,Santiago Claramunt,Irby J. Lovette,Saul J. Cowen,Peter Njoroge,John P. Dumbacher,Oliver A. Ryder,Jérôme Fuchs,Michael Bunce,David W. Burt,Joel Cracraft,Guanliang Meng,Shannon J. Hackett,Peter G. Ryan,Knud A. Jønsson,Ian G. Jamieson,Rute R. da Fonseca,Edward L. Braun,Peter Houde,Siavash Mirarab,Alexander Suh,Alexander Suh,Bengt Hansson,Suvi Ponnikas,Hanna Sigeman,Martin Stervander,Martin Stervander,Paul B. Frandsen,Paul B. Frandsen,Henriette van der Zwan,Rencia van der Sluis,Carina Visser,Christopher N. Balakrishnan,Andrew G. Clark,John W. Fitzpatrick,Reed Bowman,Nancy F. Chen,Alison Cloutier,Timothy B. Sackton,Scott V. Edwards,Dustin J. Foote,Subir B. Shakya,Frederick H. Sheldon,Alain Vignal,André E. R. Soares,Beth Shapiro,Jacob González-Solís,Joan Ferrer-Obiol,Julio Rozas,Marta Riutort,Anna Tigano,Anna Tigano,Vicki L. Friesen,Love Dalén,Araxi O. Urrutia,Araxi O. Urrutia,Tamás Székely,Yang Liu,Michael G. Campana,André Corvelo,Robert C. Fleischer,Kim Rutherford,Neil J. Gemmell,Nicolas Dussex,Nicolas Dussex,Henrik Mouritsen,Nadine Thiele,Kira E. Delmore,Kira E. Delmore,Miriam Liedvogel,Andre Franke,Marc P. Hoeppner,Oliver Krone,Adam M. Fudickar,Borja Milá,Ellen D. Ketterson,Andrew E. Fidler,Guillermo Friis,Ángela M. Parody-Merino,Phil F. Battley,Murray P. Cox,Nicholas Costa Barroso Lima,Francisco Prosdocimi,Thomas L. Parchman,Barney A. Schlinger,Bette A. Loiselle,John G. Blake,Haw Chuan Lim,Haw Chuan Lim,Lainy B. Day,Matthew J. Fuxjager,Maude W. Baldwin,Michael J. Braun,Morgan Wirthlin,Rebecca B. Dikow,T. Brandt Ryder,Glauco Camenisch,Lukas F. Keller,Jeffrey M. DaCosta,Mark E. Hauber,Matthew I. M. Louder,Christopher C. Witt,Jimmy A. McGuire,Joann Mudge,Libby C. Megna,Matthew D. Carling,Biao Wang,Scott A. Taylor,Glaucia Del-Rio,Alexandre Aleixo,Ana Tereza Ribeiro de Vasconcelos,Claudio V. Mello,Jason T. Weir,Jason T. Weir,David Haussler,David Haussler,Qiye Li,Huanming Yang,Jian Wang,Fumin Lei,Carsten Rahbek,M. Thomas P. Gilbert,M. Thomas P. Gilbert,Gary R. Graves,Gary R. Graves,Erich D. Jarvis,Erich D. Jarvis,Erich D. Jarvis,Benedict Paten,Benedict Paten,Guojie Zhang +169 more
TL;DR: The densely sampled alignment provides a single-base-pair map of selection, has more than doubled the fraction of bases that are confidently predicted to be under conservation and reveals extensive patterns of weak selection in predominantly non-coding DNA.
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Conserved syntenic clusters of protein coding genes are missing in birds.
Peter V. Lovell,Morgan Wirthlin,Larry J. Wilhelm,Larry J. Wilhelm,Patrick Minx,Nathan H. Lazar,Nathan H. Lazar,Lucia Carbone,Lucia Carbone,Wesley C. Warren,Claudio V. Mello +10 more
TL;DR: A clearer definition of the genetic background of extant birds is provided, the findings of previous studies on missing avian genes are extended, and clues about molecular events that shaped avian evolution are provided.