The Burke GRC has contributed to publications on a wide variety of topics—a small subset of which is discussed here. For a full list of references, see "Recent Publications," below.

Molecular analyses of Burke tissues have resolved large-scale phylogenetic questions of longstanding interest that had proven difficult to resolve with traditional morphological information (e.g., Voelker 1999; Birks and Edwards 2002), have uncovered cryptic patterns of speciation where conclusions based on morphology were incomplete (Zink et. al. 2002a;b; Drovetski et al. 2004) or positively misleading (Pavlova et. al. 2003), have revealed phylogeographic patterns that reflect the influence of geologic history on population structure (Arbogast 2001; Zheng et al. 2003), and have elucidated the history and structure of species hybrid zones (Rohwer et. al. 2001). These studies have contributed to our understanding of the plasticity of evolution of morphological features such as bird plumage (Allen and Omland 2003) or complex life-history strategies such as brood parasitism (Sorenson and Payne 2001). They have also provided crucial information on population genetic structure, which can inform conservation decisions about, for example, seabird by-catch in the high seas fishing industry (Walsh and Edwards in prep) or habitat preservation for threatened island populations (Smith 2003). On the purely molecular level, researchers have used Burke tissues to explore topics as diverse as atypical chromosomal sex-determination (Hoekstra and Edwards 2000) and the adaptive evolution of intron sizes (Waltari and Edwards 2002).

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Chubb, A. L. 2004a. New nuclear evidence for the oldest divergence among neognath birds: the phylogenetic utility of ZENK (i). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 30: 140-151.

Chubb, A. L. 2004b. Nuclear corroboration of DNA-DNA hybridization in deep phylogenies of hummingbirds, swifts, and passerines: the phylogenetic utility of ZENK (ii). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 30: 128-139.

Drovetski, S. V., R. M. Zink, I. V. Fadeev, Y. V. Nesterov, Y. V. Koblik, Y. A. Red'kin, and S. Rohwer. 2004.  Mitochondrial phylogeny of Locustella and related genera.   J. Avian Biology, 35:1-6.  

Drovetski, S. V., R. M. Zink, S. Rohwer, I. V. Fadeev, E. V. Nesterov, I. Karagodin, E. V. Koblik, and Y. A. Red'kin.   2004.   Complex biogeographic history of a holarctic passerine.   Proc. Roy. Soc. Lond. B 271:545-551.  

Poe, S. and A. L. Chubb. 2004. Birds in a bush: five genes indicate explosive evolution of avian orders. Evolution 58(2): 404-415.

Voelker, G. and G. M. Spellman.   2004.   Nuclear and mitochondrial DNA evidence of polyphyly in the avian superfamily Muscicapoidea.   Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 30:386-394.  

Allen, E. A. and K. E. Omland. 2003. Novel intron phylogeny supports plumage convergence in orioles (Icterus). The Auk 120 (4): 961-969.

Drovetski , S.V.   2003.   Plio-Pleistocene climatic oscillations, Holarctic biogeography and speciation in an avian subfamily.   J. of Biogeography 30:1173-1181.  

Filardi , C. E. 2003. Speciation and the biogeographic history of tropical Pacific flycatchers (genus Monarcha). Ph.D. dissertation, Department of Biology, University of Washington, Seattle.

Hyrenbach, K.D., and Dotson, R.C.   2003.   Assessing the susceptibility of female Black-footed Albatross (Phoebastria nigripes) to longline fisheries during their post-breeding dispersal: an integrated approach.   Biological Conservation, 112: 391-404.

Pavlova, A., R.M. Zink, S. Drovetski, Y. Red'kin, and S. Rohwer.   2003.   Phylogeographic patterns in Motacilla flava and M. citreola: species limits and population history.   Auk 120: 744-758.

Rohwer , S., and R. C. Faucett.   2003.   World tissue holdings from the Republic of Panama.   Smithsonian Tropical research Institute, in press.  

Smith , C. E. 2003. Phylogeography of multiple avian lineages from the Solomon Islands. Ph.D. dissertation, Department of Biology, University of Washington, Seattle.

Wang, Z, A. J. Baker, G. E. Hill, and S. V. Edwards.   2003.   Reconciling actual and inferred population histories in the House Finch (Carpodacus mexicanus) by AFLP analysis.   Evolution 57:2852-2864.  

Zheng , X., Arbogast, B.S., and G. J. Kenagy 2003.   Historical demography and genetic structure of sister species: deermice (Peromyscus) in the North American temperate rain forest. Molecular Ecology (12): 711-724.  

Zink, R. M., S. V. Drovetski, S. Questiau, I. V. Fadeev, E. V. Nesterov, M. C. Westberg, and S. Rohwer.   2003.   Recent evolutionary history of the Bluethroat (Luscinea svecica) across Asia.   Molecular Ecology 12:3069-3075.

Baba, Y., Fujimaki, Y., Klaus, S., Butorina, O., Drovetskii, S., and Koike, H.   2002.   Molecular population phylogeny of the hazel grouse Bonasa bonasia in East Asia inferred from mitochondrial control-region sequences.   Wildlife Biology 8: 251-259.

Birks, S. M., and S. V. Edwards.   2002.   A phylogeny of the megapodes (Aves: Megapodiidae) based on nuclear and mitochondrial DNA sequences.   Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 23:408-421.  

Chubb, A. L. 2002. Molecular evolution and phylogenetic utility of the ZENK gene in birds. Ph.D. dissertation, Department of Integrative Biology; University of California, Berkeley.

Dimcheff, D.E., Drovetski, S.V., and Mindell, D.P.   2002. Phylogeny of Tetraoninae and other Galliform birds using mitochondrial 12S and ND2 genes.   Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 24: 203-215

Drovetski, S. V.   2002.   Molecular phylogeny of grouse: individual and combined performance of W-linked, autosomal, and mitochondrial loci.   Systematic Biology 51:930-945.  

Voelker, G.   2002.   Systematics and historical biogeography of wagtails: Dispersal versus vicariance revisited.   Condor 104:725-739.  

Voelker, G.   2002.   Molecular phylogenetics and the historical biogeography of dippers (Cinclus).   Ibis 144: 577-584.

Waltari, E. and S. V. Edwards. 2002. Evolutionary dynamics of intron size, genome size, and physiological correlates in archosaurs. American Naturalist. 160 (5): 539-552.

Yuri, T. and Mindell, D. P.   2002. Molecular phylogenetic analysis of Fringillidae, "New World nine-primaried oscines" (Aves: Passeriformes). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 23: 229-243.

Zink, R.M., S. Drovetski, and S. Rohwer.   2002   Phylogeography and species limits in the Great Spotted Woodpecker (Dendrocopus major).   J. Avian Biol. 33:175-178.

Zink, R.M., S. Rohwer, S. Drovetski, R.C. Blackwell-Rago, and S. L. Farrell.   2002.   Holarctic phylogeography and species limits of Three-toed Woodpeckers.   Condor, 104:167-170.  

Barker, F. Keith, Barrowclough, G. F., and Growth, J. G. 2001. A phylogenetic hypothesis for passerine birds: taxonomic and biogeographic implications of an analysis of nuclear DNA sequence data. Proc. R. Soc. Lond. B. 269: 295-308.

Drovetskii , S. 2001. Molecular evolution, biogeography, and morphological radiation of grouse (Tetraoninae). Ph.D. dissertation, Department of Zoology, University of Washington, Seattle.

Edwards, S. V., M. C. Silva, T. Burg, V. Friesen, and K. Warheit.   2001.   Molecular genetic markers in the analysis of seabird bycatch populations.   In Seabird Bycatch: Trends, Roadblocks and Solutions, pp 114-140. Eds. E. Melvin and J. Parrish. Alaska Seagrant Program.  

Hoekstra, H.E. and J.M. Hoekstra.   2001.   An unusual sex-determination system in South American field mice (genus Akodon):   the role of mutation, selection, and meiotic drive in maintaining XY females.   Evolution 55:190-197.

Hyrenbach, K.D., and Dotson, R.C.   2001.   Post-breeding movements of a male Black-footed Albatross, Phoebastria nigripes.   Marine Ornithology, 29:23-26.

Irwin, D. E., S. Bensch, and T. Price.   2001.   Speciation in a ring.   Nature 409:333-337.  

Klicka, J., A. J. Fry, R. M. Zink, and C. W. Thompson.   2001.   A cytochrome-b perspective on Passerina bunting relationships.   Auk 118:611-623.  

Miura, G. I., and S. V. Edwards.   2001.   Cryptic differentiation and geographic variation in genetic diversity of Hall's Babbler Pomatostomus halli.   J. Avian Biol. 32: 102-110.  

Piaggio, A. J.   2001.   Molecular phylogeny of the chipmunks inferred from mitochondrial cytochrome b and cytochrome oxidase II gene sequences. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 20(3): 335-350.

Price, J. J., and S. M. Lanyon.   2001.   A robust phylogeny of the oropendolas: Polyphyly revealed by mitochondrial sequence data.   Auk 119:335-348.  

Robinette, R. L. , and J. C. Ha.   2001. Social and ecological factors influencing vigilance by northwestern crows, Corvus caurinus.   Animal Behaviour 62: 447-452.

Rohwer, S., E. Bermingham, and C. Wood.   2001.   Plumage and mitochondrial DNA haplotype variation across a moving hybrid zone.   Evolution 55:405-422.  

Sorenson, M. D. and Payne, R. B. 2001. A single ancient origin of brood parasitism in African finches: implications for host-parasite coevolution. Evolution 55(12): 2550-2567.

Chesser, R. T.   2000.   Evolution in the high Andes: the phylogenetics of Muscisaxicola ground-tyrants.   Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 15:369-380.  

Dimcheff, D. E., S. V. Drovetski, M. Krishnan, and D. P. Mindell.   2000.   Cospeciation and horizontal transmission of avian sarcoma and leukosis virus gag genes in galliform birds.   Journal of Virology 74:3984-3995.  

Gutiérrez, R. J., Barrowclough, G. F. and J. G. Groth. 2000. A classification of the grouse (Aves: Tetraoninae) based on mitochondrial DNA sequences. Wildlife Biology 6(4): 205-211.

Hoekstra, H.E. and S.V. Edwards. 2000.   Multiple origins of XY female mice (genus Akodon): phylogenetic and chromosomal evidence.   Proceedings of the Royal Society of London Series B-Biological Sciences 267:1825-1831.

Holder, K., R. Montgomerie and V.L. Friesen.   2000.   Glacial vicariance and historical biogeography of rock ptarmigan (Lagopus mutus) in the Bering region.   Molecular Ecology 9:1265-1278.  

Kennedy, M., R.D. Gray, and H. G. Spencer.   2000.   The phylogenetic relationships of the shags and cormorants: Can sequence data resolve a disagreement between behavior and morphology?   Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 17:345-359.

Nunn, G. B. & S. E. Stanley.   1998.   Body size effects and rates of cytochrome-b evolution in tube-nosed seabirds.   Molecular Biology and Evolution 15(10):1360-1371.

Omland, K. E., C. L. Tarr, W. I. Boarman, J. M. Marzluff and R. C. Fleischer.   2000. Cryptic genetic variation and paraphyly in ravens.    Proc. R. Soc. Lond. B 267:2475-2482.  

Piaggio, A. J.   2000. Molecular phylogeny of the chipmunk genus Tamias based on the mitochondrial cytochrome oxidase subunit II gene. Journal of Mammalian Evolution 7(3): 147-166.

Rohwer, S., C. Wood, and E. Bermingham.   2000.   A new hybrid warbler (Dendroica nigrescens x D. occidentalis) and diagnosis of similar D. townsendi x D. occidentalis recombinants.   Condor 102:713-718.  

Saunders, M. and S. V. Edwards.   2000.   Dynamics and phylogenetic implications of mtDNA control region sequences in New World Jays (Aves: Corvidae).   Journal of Molecular Evolution 51:97-109.  

Smith, C. E., and S. Rohwer.   2000.   A phenotypic test of Haldane's rule in an avian hybrid zone.   Auk 117:578-585.  

Holder, K., R. Montgomerie and V.L. Friesen.   1999.   A test of the Glacial Refugium Hypothesis, using patterns of mitochondrial and nuclear DNA sequence variation in rock ptarmigan (Lagopus mutus).   Evolution 53:1936-1950.  

Jaranillo, A., and P. Burke.   1999.   New world blackbirds:   the icterids.   Princeton Univ press.   432 pp.  

Johnson, K. P., and M. D. Sorenson.   1999.   Phylogeny and biogeography of dabbling ducks (genus Anas): a comparison of molecular and morphological evidence.   Auk 116:792-805.  

Lovette, I. J. & E. Bermingham.   1999.   Explosive speciation the New World Dendroica warblers.   Proc. R. Soc. Lond. B 266, 1629-1636

Lovette, I.J., E. Bermingham, S. Rohwer, and C. Wood.   1999.   Mitochondrial Restriction Fragment Length Polymorphism (RFLP) and sequence variation among closely related avian species and the genetic characterization of hybrid Dendroica warblers.   Molecular Ecology 8:1431-1441.  

Omland, K. E., S. M. Lanyon, and S. F. Fritz.   1999.   A molecular phylogeny of New World orioles (Icterus): the importance of dense taxon sampling.   Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 12:224-239.  

Vanderkist, B. A., X.-H. Xue, R. Griffiths, K. Martin, W. Beauchamp, and T. D. Williams.   1999.   Evidence of male bias in capture samples of Marbled Murrelets from genetic studies in British Columbia.   Condor 101:398-402.  

Voelker, G.   1999.   Dispersal, vicariance and clocks:   Historical biogeography and speciation in a cosmopolitan passerine genus (Anthus: Motacillidae).   Evolution: 53:1536-1552.  

Voelker, G.   1999.   Molecular evolutionary relationships in the avian genus Anthus (Pipits: Motacillidae).   Molecular Phylogenetics and Evol. 11:84-94.  

Voelker, G.   1999.   Body mass and moult data for South African motacillids, with body mass data for 47 additional South African species.   Ostrich 70: 233-235.

Fry, A. J., and R. M. Zink.   1998.   Geographic analysis of nucleotide diversity and song sparrow (Aves: Emberizidae) population history.   Molecular Ecology 7:1303-1313.  

Holder, K.   1998.   Evolutionary divergence and historical biogeography of Nearctic rock ptarmigan (Lagopus mutus). Ph.D. dissertation. Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario.  

Rohwer, S., and C. Wood.   1998.   Three hybrid zones between Hermit and Townsend's Warblers in Washington and Oregon.   Auk 115: 284-310.  

Voelker, G., and S. V. Edwards.   1998.   Can weighting improve bushy trees?   Models of cytochrome b evolution and the molecular systematics of pipits and wagtails (Aves: Motacillidae).   Systematic Biology 47:589-630.  

Voelker, G.   1998.   Phylogeny and biogeography in the avian genus Anthus.   Ph.D. dissertation, Univ of Washington, Seattle.