Many thanks to all of my collaborators. If you would like to know more then please message me at @gleneth93.bsky.social, send an email to G.Hancocks@edu.salfo... or find me on LinkedIn at www.linkedin.com/in/.... Thank you for taking the time to view this presentation! #birds #BOUasm25
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Bayesian phylogenetic analyses place moa-nalos in Anatinae and Alopochen in Tadorninae, confirm Cairinini’s non-monophyly as convergence, and date crown Anatidae to the Early Miocene (~19 Ma). The monophyly of several other clades was confirmed, the resurrection of Tachyerini is supported.
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A novel total evidence dataset and associated phylogenetic analyses were utilized, based on 209 morphological characters (e.g., external soft tissue and cranial), as well as 13.4 kb of mitochondrial sequence data for 75 anatid taxa (72 extant, 3 fossil) and 3 non-anatid outgroup taxa.
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Asteriornis shares features of Galliformes & Anseriformes, depending on phylogenetic analysis it is either placed as sister to Galloanserae or is placed within the super clade, supports the hypothesis that modern birds were around before the K/T extinction.

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Historically the phylogeny of Anatidae has been studied using morphological evidence, but molecular data (primarily mitochondrial sequence data) has become increasingly available.

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1/6 Today I will be presenting my masters research on the #phylogeny of the waterfowl family Anatidae via the #BOUasm25 conference on BlueSky. What came first, the duck, the goose or the swan? #ornithology #systematics #waterfowl #ducks #geese #swans
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