A phylogeny of the tinamous (aves: palaeognathiformes) based on integumentary characters. Export

@article{Bertelli2002, abstract = {A cladistic analysis of the tinamous, including the 47 currently recognized species and some distinct subspecies, was conducted based on 80 integumentary characters from adult and natal plumage, ramphoteca (corneum sheath of bill), and podoteca (horny scales of legs). For the adult plumage (50 characters), we studied feather pigmentation patterns from different pterylae (feather tracts). A criterion of overlap of basic pigmentation elements was used to assign costs to the transformation between the states in most of these characters in such a way that transformations between more similar conditions were less costly. The consensus tree was almost fully resolved, and about 50\% of its groups were relatively well supported. Because the only outgroup that could be used provided a poor root, two possible rootings of the ingroup subtree were considered; in both cases, only one of the two traditional subfamilies (the steppe tinamous) was recovered, and the other (the forest tinamous) appeared as paraphyletic. The results of the present analysis are compared with those from an osteological data set, using a strict supertree technique. The combined tree has a large number of nodes, indicating a high degree of congruence between the two data sets.}, author = {Bertelli, Sara and Giannini, Norberto P. and Goloboff, Pablo A.}, citeulike-article-id = {757365}, journal = {Syst Biol}, keywords = {12554461, algorithms, alignment, alligators, analysis, and, angiosperms, animals, array, b, base, bayes, behavior, bibtex-import, biodiversity, birds, birth, body, calibration, caloric, carnivora, chiroptera, classification, cluster, comparative, computer, constitution, crocodiles, cytochrome, data, design, dna, ecology, evolution, factors, feathers, feeding, fossils, functions, genetic, genetics, govt, graphics, group, hibernation, interface, interpretation, likelihood, longevity, meta-analysis, mitochondrial, models, molecular, mutational, nesting, non-phs, non-us, oligonucleotide, paleontology, pedigree, phylogeny, population, rate, re, reproduction, research, restriction, search, sequence, simulation, snakes, software, species, specificity, statistical, statistics, study, support, theorem, theoretical, time, us, user-computer, variation, vertebrates}, month = {Dec}, number = {6}, pages = {959--79}, pdf = {Bertelli2002.pdf}, posted-at = {2006-07-13 16:23:08}, priority = {2}, title = {A phylogeny of the tinamous (aves: palaeognathiformes) based on integumentary characters.}, volume = {51}, year = {2002} }

TY - JOUR ID - Bertelli2002 L3 - citeulike-article-id:757365 N2 - A cladistic analysis of the tinamous, including the 47 currently recognized species and some distinct subspecies, was conducted based on 80 integumentary characters from adult and natal plumage, ramphoteca (corneum sheath of bill), and podoteca (horny scales of legs). For the adult plumage (50 characters), we studied feather pigmentation patterns from different pterylae (feather tracts). A criterion of overlap of basic pigmentation elements was used to assign costs to the transformation between the states in most of these characters in such a way that transformations between more similar conditions were less costly. The consensus tree was almost fully resolved, and about 50\% of its groups were relatively well supported. Because the only outgroup that could be used provided a poor root, two possible rootings of the ingroup subtree were considered; in both cases, only one of the two traditional subfamilies (the steppe tinamous) was recovered, and the other (the forest tinamous) appeared as paraphyletic. The results of the present analysis are compared with those from an osteological data set, using a strict supertree technique. The combined tree has a large number of nodes, indicating a high degree of congruence between the two data sets. IS - 6 JF - Syst Biol EP - 79 TI - A phylogeny of the tinamous (aves: palaeognathiformes) based on integumentary characters. VL - 51 SP - 959 KW - 12554461 KW - algorithms KW - alignment KW - alligators KW - analysis KW - and KW - angiosperms KW - animals KW - array KW - b KW - base KW - bayes KW - behavior KW - bibtex-import KW - biodiversity KW - birds KW - birth KW - body KW - calibration KW - caloric KW - carnivora KW - chiroptera KW - classification KW - cluster KW - comparative KW - computer KW - constitution KW - crocodiles KW - cytochrome KW - data KW - design KW - dna KW - ecology KW - evolution KW - factors KW - feathers KW - feeding KW - fossils KW - functions KW - genetic KW - genetics KW - govt KW - graphics KW - group KW - hibernation KW - interface KW - interpretation KW - likelihood KW - longevity KW - meta-analysis KW - mitochondrial KW - models KW - molecular KW - mutational KW - nesting KW - non-phs KW - non-us KW - oligonucleotide KW - paleontology KW - pedigree KW - phylogeny KW - population KW - rate KW - re KW - reproduction KW - research KW - restriction KW - search KW - sequence KW - simulation KW - snakes KW - software KW - species KW - specificity KW - statistical KW - statistics KW - study KW - support KW - theorem KW - theoretical KW - time KW - us KW - user-computer KW - variation KW - vertebrates AU - Bertelli, Sara AU - Giannini, Norberto AU - Goloboff, Pablo PY - 2002/Dec// ER -