| A phylogenomic study of birds reveals their evolutionary history SJ Hackett, RT Kimball, S Reddy, RCK Bowie, EL Braun, MJ Braun, ... science 320 (5884), 1763-1768, 2008 | 2228 | 2008 |
| Molecular phylogenetics and the diversification of hummingbirds JA McGuire, CC Witt, JV Remsen, A Corl, DL Rabosky, DL Altshuler, ... Current Biology 24 (8), 910-916, 2014 | 442 | 2014 |
| Phylogenetic systematics and biogeography of hummingbirds: Bayesian and maximum likelihood analyses of partitioned data and selection of an appropriate partitioning strategy JA McGuire, CC Witt, DL Altshuler, JV Remsen Systematic biology 56 (5), 837-856, 2007 | 340 | 2007 |
| Specimen collection: an essential tool LA Rocha, A Aleixo, G Allen, F Almeda, CC Baldwin, MVL Barclay, ... Science 344 (6186), 814-815, 2014 | 297 | 2014 |
| Dense sampling of bird diversity increases power of comparative genomics S Feng, J Stiller, Y Deng, J Armstrong, QI Fang, AH Reeve, D Xie, G Chen, ... Nature 587 (7833), 252-257, 2020 | 263 | 2020 |
| Phylogenomic evidence for multiple losses of flight in ratite birds J Harshman, EL Braun, MJ Braun, CJ Huddleston, RCK Bowie, ... Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 105 (36), 13462-13467, 2008 | 260 | 2008 |
| Why do phylogenomic data sets yield conflicting trees? Data type influences the avian tree of life more than taxon sampling S Reddy, RT Kimball, A Pandey, PA Hosner, MJ Braun, SJ Hackett, ... Systematic biology 66 (5), 857-879, 2017 | 259 | 2017 |
| Predictable convergence in hemoglobin function has unpredictable molecular underpinnings C Natarajan, FG Hoffmann, RE Weber, A Fago, CC Witt, JF Storz Science 354 (6310), 336-339, 2016 | 231 | 2016 |
| A well-tested set of primers to amplify regions spread across the avian genome RT Kimball, EL Braun, FK Barker, RCK Bowie, MJ Braun, JL Chojnowski, ... Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 50 (3), 654-660, 2009 | 201 | 2009 |
| Repeated elevational transitions in hemoglobin function during the evolution of Andean hummingbirds J Projecto-Garcia, C Natarajan, H Moriyama, RE Weber, A Fago, ... Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 110 (51), 20669-20674, 2013 | 180 | 2013 |
| Predictable evolution toward flightlessness in volant island birds NA Wright, DW Steadman, CC Witt Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 113 (17), 4765-4770, 2016 | 157 | 2016 |
| Energetics, lifestyle, and reproduction in birds RM Sibly, CC Witt, NA Wright, C Venditti, W Jetz, JH Brown Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 109 (27), 10937-10941, 2012 | 139 | 2012 |
| Metabolic ‘engines’ of flight drive genome size reduction in birds NA Wright, TR Gregory, CC Witt Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 281 (1779), 20132780, 2014 | 123 | 2014 |
| A higher-level taxonomy for hummingbirds JA McGuire, CC Witt, JV Remsen, R Dudley, DL Altshuler Journal of Ornithology 150, 155-165, 2009 | 116 | 2009 |
| Parsimony and model-based analyses of indels in avian nuclear genes reveal congruent and incongruent phylogenetic signals T Yuri, RT Kimball, J Harshman, RCK Bowie, MJ Braun, JL Chojnowski, ... Biology 2 (1), 419-444, 2013 | 113 | 2013 |
| Contribution of a mutational hot spot to hemoglobin adaptation in high-altitude Andean house wrens SC Galen, C Natarajan, H Moriyama, RE Weber, A Fago, PM Benham, ... Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 112 (45), 13958-13963, 2015 | 98 | 2015 |
| Diverse avian malaria and other haemosporidian parasites in Andean house wrens: evidence for regional co‐diversification by host‐switching SC Galen, CC Witt Journal of Avian Biology 45 (4), 374-386, 2014 | 92 | 2014 |
| Ancient horizontal transfers of retrotransposons between birds and ancestors of human pathogenic nematodes A Suh, CC Witt, J Menger, KR Sadanandan, L Podsiadlowski, M Gerth, ... Nature communications 7 (1), 11396, 2016 | 80 | 2016 |
| Integrating evolutionary and functional tests of adaptive hypotheses: a case study of altitudinal differentiation in hemoglobin function in an Andean sparrow, Zonotrichia capensis ZA Cheviron, C Natarajan, J Projecto-Garcia, DK Eddy, J Jones, ... Molecular Biology and Evolution 31 (11), 2948-2962, 2014 | 68 | 2014 |
| Are transposable element insertions homoplasy free?: an examination using the avian tree of life KL Han, EL Braun, RT Kimball, S Reddy, RCK Bowie, MJ Braun, ... Systematic biology 60 (3), 375-386, 2011 | 65 | 2011 |
Frederick H. SheldonCurator/Professor Emeritus, LSUVerified email at lsu.edu
