Whole-genome analyses resolve the phylogeny of flightless birds (Palaeognathae) in the presence of an empirical anomaly zone
A. Cloutier, T. B. Sackton, P. Grayson, M. Clamp, A. J. Baker, S. V. Edwards
The paper uses whole-genome data to resolve the phylogeny of flightless birds, finding a resolved topology with rheas as sister to kiwi and emu + cassowary, but also identifies an empirical anomaly zone due to incomplete lineage sorting.
bioRxiv · Feb 9, 2018Evolutionary Biology