The avian phylogenomic project data

• Main Authors: Zhang, G, Li, B, Li, C, Gilbert, MTP, Jarvis, E, Consortium, The Avian Genome, Wang, J.
• Format: Dataset
• Language: English
• Published: GigaScience Database 2014
• Subjects: Genomic; Chape; Finch; Fulmar; Nestor; Adelie penguin; Aptenodytes forsteri; Falco peregrinus; Fulmarus glacialis; Haliaeetus albicilla; Northern Fulmar; peregrine falcon; Pygoscelis adeliae; White-tailed eagle
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.5524/101000; http://gigadb.org/dataset/101000

The evolutionary relationship of modern birds is one of the most challenging questions in systematic biology and has been debated for centuries. We proposed to rebuild the avian phylogenetic tree by using whole genome data, thus we have collected genomes of 48 bird species, representing 36 orders of...