Urban Olsson

TL;DR: A Bayesian approach to dispersal-vicariance analysis is applied that allows a more accurate analysis of the biogeographic history of lineages and finds that despite the uncertainty in tree topology, ancestral area reconstructions indicate that the Turdus clade originated in the eastern Palearctic during the Late Miocene.

TL;DR: It is shown that body size and shape differences evolved early in the radiation, with the elevational band occupied by a species evolving later, which implies that speciation rate is ultimately set by niche filling, rather than by the rate of acquisition of reproductive isolation.

TL;DR: Many of the discussed results come from empirical experiments performed with in vitro models whose relevance to the complex environment of the intima is limited, but they are consistent with the line of reasoning that intima PGs interact specifically with apoB lipoproteins and contribute to their retention.

TL;DR: This is the first taxon-dense analysis of the Sylvioidea based on sequence data (nuclear myoglobin intron II and mitochondrial cytochrome b gene), which investigates the interrelationships among the four "sylvioid" clades, as well as the relationships within the largest of these clades.

TL;DR: The phylogeny of all except two of the species placed in the Cryptigata and Acanthopneuste groups, as well as two recently described species and representatives of all subgenera and major clades in Phylloscopus and Seicercus recognized by previous studies are estimated.