Topic
Suliformes
About: Suliformes is a research topic. Over the lifetime, 5 publications have been published within this topic receiving 65 citations. The topic is also known as: Phalacrocoraciformes.
Papers
TL;DR: The complete mitochondrial genome of I. cinnamomeus was determined and the monophyly of Ciconiidae, Ardeidae and Threskiornithidae were confirmed, however, the monophilia of traditional Cicon iiformes and Pelecaniformes failed to be recovered.
Abstract: Ixobrychus cinnamomeus is a member of the large wading bird family, known as Ardeidae. In the present study, we determined the complete mitochondrial genome of I. cinnamomeus for use in future phylogenetic analysis. This circular mitochondrial genome is 17,180 bp in length and composed of 13 protein-coding genes, 22 tRNA genes, two rRNA genes and one putative control region. Three conserved domains and a minisatellite of 17 nucleotides with 22 tandem repeats were detected at the end of the control region. Phylogenetic relationships were reconstructed using the nucleotide and corresponding amino acid datasets of 12 concatenated protein-coding genes from the mitochondrial genome. Using maximum likelihood, maximum parsimony and Bayesian inference methods, the monophyly of Ciconiidae, Ardeidae and Threskiornithidae were confirmed; however, the monophyly of traditional Ciconiiformes and Pelecaniformes failed to be recovered. Although further studies are recommended to clarify relationships among and within the orders of Ciconiiformes, Pelecaniformes, Suliformes and Phaethontiformes, our results provide preliminary exploratory results that can be useful in the current understanding of avian phylogenetics.
36 citations
TL;DR: The brain configuration of Plotopteridae is distinctly close to that of penguins, and could possibly reflect their phylogenetic relationship, according to three-dimensional geometric morphometric and linear measuring methods.
31 citations
TL;DR: The complete mitochondrial genome and phylogeny of P. occidentalis were sequenced and confirmed that P. Occidentalis (Pelecaniformes) was sister to C. boyciana (Ciconiiformes), and Ardeidae and Threskiornithidae were both monophyletic group.
Abstract: Pelecanus occidentalis, in the order Pelecaniformes, is one of the most abundant and widespread waterbird species in the coast of America. However, the phylogenetic relationships among Pelecaniformes, Suliformes, and Ciconiiformes remain unresolved, particularly in Pelecanidae and Ciconiidae. In this study, we first sequenced and described the complete mitochondrial genome and phylogeny of P. occidentalis. The whole genome of P. occidentalis was 17,315 bp in length, and contained 13 protein-coding genes, 21 transfer RNA genes, two ribosome RNA genes, and one non-coding control region. The overall base composition of the mitochondrial DNA was 30.1% for A, 23.7% for T, 31.5% for C, and 14.6% for G, with a GC content of 46.1%. A phylogenetic tree confirmed that P. occidentalis (Pelecaniformes) was sister to C. boyciana (Ciconiiformes), and Ardeidae and Threskiornithidae were both monophyletic group. This information will be useful in the current understanding of the phylogeny and evolution of Pelecan...
7 citations
TL;DR: Eleven phylogenomic studies provide congruent support for a clade formed by Procellariiformes, Sphenisciforms, Ciconiiformes), Suliformes and Pelecaniformes that is named ‘Feraequornithes’ following the rules and requirements of the PhyloCode.
Abstract: Recent genomic data sets have resolved many aspects of higher-level phylogenetic relationships of birds. Eleven phylogenomic studies provide congruent support for a clade formed by Procellariiformes, Sphenisciformes, Ciconiiformes, Suliformes and Pelecaniformes. This clade is here named ‘Feraequornithes’ following the rules and requirements of the PhyloCode.
3 citations
1 Jan 2018
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