| 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 | 2146 | 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 | 423 | 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 | 334 | 2007 |
| Specimen collection: an essential tool LA Rocha, A Aleixo, G Allen, F Almeda, CC Baldwin, MVL Barclay, ... Science 344 (6186), 814-815, 2014 | 281 | 2014 |
| 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 | 250 | 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 | 238 | 2017 |
| 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 | 218 | 2020 |
| 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 | 218 | 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, 2009 | 199 | 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 | 173 | 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 | 138 | 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 | 129 | 2012 |
| A higher-level taxonomy for hummingbirds JA McGuire, CC Witt, JV Remsen, R Dudley, DL Altshuler Journal of Ornithology 150, 155-165, 2009 | 113 | 2009 |
| 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 | 112 | 2014 |
| 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 | 112 | 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 | 96 | 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 | 85 | 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 | 76 | 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 | 67 | 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 | 64 | 2011 |
Frederick H. SheldonCurator/Professor Emeritus, LSUVerified email at lsu.edu
