Hackett, S.*, R. T. Kimball*, S. Reddy*, R. Bowie, E. L. Braun, M. Braun, J.L. Chojnowski, W.A. Cox, K-L Han, J. Harshman, C. Huddleston, B. Marks, K. Miglia, W.S. Moore, F.H. Sheldon, D. Steadman,and C. Witt and T. Yuri. 2008. A phylogenomic study of birds reveals their evolutionary history. Science 320: 1763-1768. * Authors contributed equally. Abstract (no login required) Full text (no login required)
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Kimball, R.T., and E.L. Braun. 2008. A Multigene Phylogeny of Galliformes Supports a Single Origin of Erectile Ability in Non-feathered Facial Traits. Journal of Avian Biology 39: 438-445. Abstract or PDF
Chojnowski, J., R.T. Kimball, and E.L. Braun. 2008. Introns outperform exons in analyses of basal avian phylogeny using clathrin heavy chain genes. Gene. 410: 89-96. Abstract of PDF
Yuri, T., R.T. Kimball, E.L. Braun and M.J. Braun. 2008. Duplication and accelerated evolution of growth hormone gene in passerine birds. Molecular Biology and Evolution 25:352-361. Abstract or PDF
Lomáscolo, S., P. Speranza , and R.T. Kimball. 2008. Correlated evolution of fig size and color in Ficus (Moraceae) supports the Dispersal Syndrome hypothesis. Oecologia 156:783-796. Abstract
Mort, M.E., C.P. Randle, R.T. Kimball, M. Tadesse, and D.J. Crawford. 2008. Phylogeny of Coreopsideae (Asteraceae): Insights from nuclear and plastid sequences. Taxon. 57: 109-120. Abstract
Whiteman, N.K., R.T. Kimball, and P.G. Parker. 2007. Co-phylogeography and comparative population genetics of the threatened Galapagos hawk and three ectoparasite species: ecology shapes population histories within parasite communitites. Molecular Ecology 16: 4759-4773. Abstract
Cox, W.A., R.T. Kimball, and E.L. Braun. 2007. Phylogenetic position of the New World quail (Odontophoridae): eight nuclear loci and three mitochondrial regions contradict morphology and the Sibley-Ahlquist tapestry. Auk 124: 71-84. Abstract or PDF
Chojnowski, J.L., J. Franklin, Y. Katsu, T. Iguchi,L.J. Guillette Jr, R.T. Kimball and E.L. Braun. 2007. Patterns of Vertebrate Isochore Evolution Revealed by Comparison of Expressed Mammalian, Avian and Crocodilian Genes. Journal of Molecular Evolution 65: 259-266. Abstract or PDF
Gibb, G.C., O. Kardailsky, R.T. Kimball, E.L. Braun, and D. Penny. 2007. Mitochondrial genomes and avian phylogeny: Complex characters and resolvability without explosive radiations. Molecular Biology and Evolution 24: 269-280. Abstract
Kimball, R.T., E.L. Braun, J.D. Ligon, E. Randi, and V. Lucchini. 2006. Using molecular phylogenetics to interpret evolutionary changes in morphology and behavior in the Phasianidae. Acta Zoologica Sinica 52 (supplement): 362-365. Abstract or PDF
Crowe, T.M., P. Bloomer, E. Randi, V. Lucchini, R. Kimball, E. Braun, and J.G. Groth. 2006. Supra-generic cladistics of landfowl (Order Galliformes). Acta Zoologica Sinica 52 (supplement): 358-361. Abstract
Bollmer, J. L., R.T. Kimball, N. K. Whiteman, J. H. Sarasola, and P.G. Parker. 2006. Phylogeography of the Galápagos Hawk (Buteo galapagoensis): a recent arrival to the Galápagos Islands. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 39: 237-247. Abstract or PDF
Kimball,
R.T. 2006. Hormonal control of
avian coloration. Pp. 431-468. in Bird Coloration I:
measurements and mechanisms. G. E. Hill and K. McGraw, eds. Crawford,
D. J.,
E. Landolt, D. H. Les, and R.T. Kimball.
2005. Speciation in duckweeds (Lemnaceae): phylogenetic and ecological
inferences. Aliso 22:229-240. Abstract
Crawford,
D. J.,
E. Landolt, D. H. Les, J. K. Archibald, and R.T. Kimball. 2005.
Allozyme variation within and divergence
between Lemna gibba and L. disperma: systematic and
biogeographic implications. Aquatic Botany 83: 119-128. Abstract or PDF
Kimball,
R.T. and D.J. Crawford. 2004. Phylogeny of
Coreopsideae (Asteraceae) using ITS sequences suggests lability in
reproductive characters. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 33:
127-139. Abstract
or PDF
Kimball, R.T., J.C. Bednarz, and P.G. Parker. 2003. Occurrence and evolution of cooperative breeding among diurnal raptors (Accipitridae and Falconidae). Auk 120: 717-729. Abstract or PDF
Kimball, R.T., D.J. Crawford, D.H. Les, and E. Landolt. 2003. Out of Africa: molecular phylogenetics and biogeography of Wolffiella (Lemnaceae). Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 79: 565-576. Abstract or PDF
Kimball, R.T., E.D. Smith, and D.J. Crawford. 2003. Molecular phylogeny and evolution of Coreocarpus (Asteraceae). Evolution 57: 52-61. Abstract or PDF
Braun, E.L. and R.T. Kimball. 2002. Examining Basal Avian Divergences with Mitochondrial Sequences: Model Complexity, Taxon Sampling and Sequence Length. Systematic Biology 51:614-625. PDF
Les, D.H., D.J. Crawford, E. Landolt, J.D. Gabel, and R.T. Kimball. 2002. Phylogeny and systematics of Lemnaceae Dumortier, the duckweed family. Systematic Botany 27: 221-240. Abstract or PDF
Kimball, R.T., D.J. Crawford, J.R. Page and P. J. Harmon. 2001. Intersimple Sequence Repeat (ISSR) diversity within Monarda fistulosa var. brevis (Lamiaceae) and divergence between var. brevis and var. fistulosa in West Virginia. Brittonia 53: 511-518. Abstract or PDF
Crawford, D. J., E. Landolt , D. H. Les, and R. T. Kimball. 2001. Allozyme studies in Lemnaceae: variation and relationships in Lemna sections Alatae and Biformes. Taxon 50: 987-999. Abstract or PDF
Crawford, D.J., R.T. Kimball, and M. Tadesse. 2001. The generic placement of a morphologically enigmatic species in Asteraceae: evidence from ITS sequences. Plant Systematics and Evolution 228: 63-69. Abstract or PDF
Armstrong, M.H., E.L. Braun, and R.T. Kimball. 2001. Phylogenetic Utility of Avian Ovomucoid Intron G: A Comparison of Nuclear and Mitochondrial Phylogenies in the Galliformes. Auk 118: 799-804. Abstract or PDF
Kimball, R.T., E.L. Braun, J.D. Ligon, E. Randi, and V. Lucchini. 2001. A Molecular Phylogeny of the Peacock-pheasants (Galliformes: Polyplectron spp.) Indicates Loss and Reduction of Ornamental Traits and Display Behaviors. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 73: 187-198. Abstract or PDF
Randi, E., V. Lucchini, A. Hennache, R.T. Kimball, E.L. Braun, and J.D. Ligon. 2001. Evolution of the mitochondrial DNA control-region and cytochrome b genes, and the inference of phylogenetic relationships in the avian genus Lophura (Galliformes). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 19: 187-201. Abstract or PDF
Lowrey, T.K., C.J. Quinn, R.K. Taylor, R. Chan, R.T. Kimball, J.C. De Nardi. 2001. Molecular and morphological reassessment of relationships with the Vittadinia group of Astereae (Asteraceae). American Journal of Botany 88: 1279-1289. Abstract or PDF
Braun, E.L., and R.T. Kimball. 2001. Polytomies, the power of phylogenetic inference, and the stochastic nature of molecular evolution: a reply to Walsh et al. (1999). Evolution 55: 1261-1263. PDF
Randi, E, V. Lucchini, T. Armijo-Prewitt, R.T. Kimball, E.L. Braun, and J.D. Ligon. 2000. Mitochondrial DNA phylogeny and speciation of the tragopans. Auk 117: 1003-1015. Abstract or PDF
Kimball, R.T. and J.D. Ligon. 1999. Evolution of avian plumage dichromatism from a proximate perspective. American Naturalist 154: 182-193. Abstract or PDF
Kimball, R.T., E.L. Braun, P. Zwartjes, T.M. Crowe, and J.D. Ligon. 1999. A molecular phylogeny of the pheasants and partridges suggests that these lineages are not monophyletic. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 11: 38-54. Abstract or PDF
Furlow, F.B., R.T. Kimball, M.C. Marshall. 1998. Are rooster crows honest signals of fighting ability? Auk 115: 763-766. PDF
Ligon, J.D., R.T. Kimball, and M. Merola-Zwartjes. 1998. Mate choice in red junglefowl: the issues of multiple ornaments and fluctuating asymmetry. Animal Behaviour: 55: 41-50. Abstract or PDF
Kimball, R.T. 1997. Male morphology and nest-site quality in House Sparrows. Wilson Bulletin 109: 711-719. Abstract or PDF
Kimball, R.T., J.D. Ligon, and M. Merola-Zwartjes. 1997. Testicular asymmetry and secondary sexual characters in red junglefowl. Auk 114: 221-228. Abstract or PDF
Kimball, R.T., E.L. Braun, and J.D. Ligon. 1997. Resolution of the phylogenetic position of the Congo peafowl, Afropavo congensis: a biogeographic and evolutionary enigma. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London B 264: 1517-1523. Abstract or PDF
Kimball, R.T., J.D. Ligon, and M. Merola-Zwartjes. 1997. Fluctuating asymmetry in red junglefowl. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 10: 441-457. Abstract or PDF
Hagelin, J.C. and R.T. Kimball. 1997. A female Gambel's Quail with partial male plumage. Wilson Bulletin 109:544-546. PDF
Kimball, R.T. 1996. Female choice for male morphological traits in house sparrows, Passer domesticus. Ethology 102:639-648. Abstract or PDF
Mřller, A.P., R.T. Kimball, and J. Erritzoe. 1996. Sexual ornamentation, condition, and immune defense in the house sparrow Passer domesticus. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 39: 317-322. Abstract or PDF
Government PublicationsFinch, D.M., J.L. Ganey, W. Yong, R. Kimball, and R. Sallabanks. 1997. Effects and interactions of fire, logging, and grazing. In Songbird Ecology in Southwestern Ponderosa Pine Forests: A literature review. USDA Forest Service Gen. Tech. Rep. RM-GTR-292: 103-136.
Mehlman, D., K. Gordon, D. Gray, R. Kimball, M.J. Mund-Meyerson. 1995. 1995 survey for and habitat characteristics of the southwestern willow flycatcher (Empidonax traillii extimus) in the Isleta-Belen reach of the Rio Grande, New Mexico. Report to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Albuquerque District.
Mund, M.J., R. Kimball, D. Mehlman, K. Gordon, J. Travis, and D. Gray. 1994. Survey for the Southwestern Willow Flycatcher, Empidonax traillii extimus, in the Middle Rio Grande Flood Protection Project area, Isleta Pueblo to south of Belen. Report to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Albuquerque District.