Opisthocomiformes (Hoatzins), “Columbaves” (Doves, Cuckoos, Bustards, and Allies), and Strisores (Nightjars, Swifts, Hummingbirds, and Allies)

Mayr, Gérald

doi:10.1007/978-3-030-87645-6_6

Paleogene Fossil Birds

2022

DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-87645-6_6

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Opisthocomiformes (Hoatzins), “Columbaves” (Doves, Cuckoos, Bustards, and Allies), and Strisores (Nightjars, Swifts, Hummingbirds, and Allies)

Gérald Mayr

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Quartet Fiduccia–Mattheyses revisited for larger phylogenetic studies

Mim,

Zarif-Ul-Alam,

Reaz

et al. 2023

Bioinformatics

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Motivation With the recent breakthroughs in sequencing technology, phylogeny estimation at a larger scale has become a huge opportunity. For accurate estimation of large-scale phylogeny, substantial endeavour is being devoted in introducing new algorithms or upgrading current approaches. In this work, we endeavour to improve the QFM (Quartet Fiduccia and Mattheyses) algorithm to resolve phylogenetic trees of better quality with better running time. QFM was already being appreciated by researchers for its good tree quality, but fell short in larger phylogenomic studies due to its excessively slow running time. Results We have re-designed QFM so that it can amalgamate millions of quartets over thousands of taxa into a species tree with a great level of accuracy within a short amount of time. Named QFM Fast and Improved (QFM-FI), our version is 20,000x faster than the previous version and 400x faster than the widely used variant of QFM implemented in PAUP* on larger datasets. We have also provided a theoretical analysis of the running time and memory requirements of QFM-FI. We have conducted a comparative study of QFM-FI with other state-of-the-art phylogeny reconstruction methods, such as QFM, QMC, wQMC, wQFM and ASTRAL, on simulated as well as real biological datasets. Our results show that QFM-FI improves on the running time and tree quality of QFM and produces trees that are comparable with state-of-the-art methods. Availability and Implementation QFM-FI is open source and available at https://github.com/sharmin-mim/qfm_java. Supplementary information Supplementary Information is available at Bioinformatics online.

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Quartet Fiduccia–Mattheyses revisited for larger phylogenetic studies

Mim,

Zarif-Ul-Alam,

Reaz

et al. 2023

Bioinformatics

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Illuminating the Mysteries of the Smallest Birds: Hummingbird Population Health, Disease Ecology, and Genomics

Ernest,

Tell,

Bishop

et al. 2024

Annu. Rev. Anim. Biosci.

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Hummingbirds share biologically distinctive traits: sustained hovering flight, the smallest bird body size, and high metabolic rates fueled partially by nectar feeding that provides pollination to plant species. Being insectivorous and sometimes serving as prey to larger birds, they fulfill additional important ecological roles. Hummingbird species evolved and radiated into nearly every habitat in the Americas, with a core of species diversity in South America. Population declines of some of their species are increasing their risk of extinction. Threats to population health and genetic diversity are just beginning to be identified, including diseases and hazards caused by humans. We review the disciplines of population health, disease ecology, and genomics as they relate to hummingbirds. We appraise knowledge gaps, causes of morbidity and mortality including disease, and threats to population viability. Finally, we highlight areas of research need and provide ideas for future studies aimed at facilitating hummingbird conservation.

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Opisthocomiformes (Hoatzins), “Columbaves” (Doves, Cuckoos, Bustards, and Allies), and Strisores (Nightjars, Swifts, Hummingbirds, and Allies)

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Quartet Fiduccia–Mattheyses revisited for larger phylogenetic studies

Quartet Fiduccia–Mattheyses revisited for larger phylogenetic studies

Illuminating the Mysteries of the Smallest Birds: Hummingbird Population Health, Disease Ecology, and Genomics

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