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| M D SorensonSummaryAffiliation: Boston University Country: USA Publications
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Dopamine receptor genetic polymorphisms and body composition in undernourished pastoralists: an exploration of nutrition indices among nomadic and recently settled Ariaal men of northern KenyaDan T A Eisenberg
Department of Anthropology, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, USA
BMC Evol Biol 8:173. 2008..The Ariaal live in northern Kenya, are chronically undernourished and are divided socially among age-sets...- Strong mitochondrial DNA support for a Cretaceous origin of modern avian lineagesJoseph W Brown
University of Michigan Museum of Zoology and Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, 1109 Geddes Avenue, Ann Arbor, MI 48109 1079, USA
BMC Biol 6:6. 2008.... 
Primers for a PCR-based approach to mitochondrial genome sequencing in birds and other vertebratesM D Sorenson
Department of Biology, Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts 02215, USA
Mol Phylogenet Evol 12:105-14. 1999..In addition, these primers should make available a wider variety of mitochondrial genes for studies based on smaller data sets...- Sexual imprinting misguides species recognition in a facultative interspecific brood parasiteMichael D Sorenson
Department of Biology, Boston University, Boston, MA 02215, USA
Proc Biol Sci 277:3079-85. 2010..Under more natural conditions, a variety of mechanisms may mitigate or counteract the effects of early imprinting for redheads reared in canvasback broods... - Clade-limited colonization in brood parasitic finches (Vidua spp.)Michael D Sorenson
Department of Biology, Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts 02215, USA
Syst Biol 53:140-53. 2004..Host switches in parasitic finches have most often involved new hosts in the same or a closely related genus, an effect that increases the apparent congruence of host and parasites trees... - Speciation by host switch in brood parasitic indigobirdsMichael D Sorenson
Department of Biology, Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts 02215, USA
Nature 424:928-31. 2003..In contrast to the cuckoo Cuculus canorus, in which only female lineages are faithful to specific hosts, host switches have led to speciation in indigobirds because both males and females imprint on their hosts... - More taxa, more characters: the hoatzin problem is still unresolvedMichael D Sorenson
Department of Biology, Boston University, USA
Mol Biol Evol 20:1484-98. 2003..We also show that mtDNA sequences reported in another recent study included pervasive errors that biased the analysis towards finding a sister relationship between hoatzin and turacos... 
Genotyping HapSTR loci: phase determination from direct sequencing of PCR productsMichael D Sorenson
Department of Biology, Boston University, 5 Cummington St, Boston, MA 02215, USA
Mol Ecol Resour 11:1068-75. 2011..Our approach eliminates the need for more costly and time-consuming processes, such as cloning or acrylamide gel electrophoresis to separate alleles prior to sequencing...- Relationships of the extinct moa-nalos, flightless Hawaiian waterfowl, based on ancient DNAM D Sorenson
Molecular Genetics Laboratory, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC 20008, USA
Proc Biol Sci 266:2187-93. 1999.... - A single ancient origin of brood parasitism in African finches: implications for host-parasite coevolutionM D Sorenson
Department of Biology, Boston University, Massachusetts 02215, USA
Evolution 55:2550-67. 2001.... - Interordinal relationships of birds and other reptiles based on whole mitochondrial genomesD P Mindell
Department of Biology, Museum of Zoology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109, USA
Syst Biol 48:138-52. 1999.... - Genetic continuity of brood-parasitic indigobird speciesKristina M Sefc
Boston University, Department of Biology, 5 Cummington Street, Boston, MA 02215, USA
Mol Ecol 14:1407-19. 2005.... - Dispersal ecology versus host specialization as determinants of ectoparasite distribution in brood parasitic indigobirds and their estrildid finch hostsChristopher N Balakrishnan
Department of Biology, Boston University, 5 Cummington Street, Boston, MA 02215, USA
Mol Ecol 16:217-29. 2007..The distribution and relationships of louse species on brood parasitic finches and their hosts suggest that host-specific adaptations constrain the ability of lice to colonize new hosts, at least those that are distantly related... - Phylogeography and conservation genetics of Eld's deer (Cervus eldi)Christopher N Balakrishnan
Boston University, Department of Biology, 5 Cummington Street, Boston MA 02215, USA
Mol Ecol 12:1-10. 2003..Where possible, it may be advisable to translocate individuals between isolated populations within a subspecies to maintain levels of genetic variation in remaining Eld's deer populations... - Phylogeny, biogeography and taxonomy of the African wattle-eyes (Aves: Passeriformes: Platysteiridae)Kevin Y Njabo
Department of Biology, Boston University, 5 Cummington Street, Boston, MA 02215, USA
Mol Phylogenet Evol 48:136-49. 2008..Our study provides a framework for additional analyses of intraspecific phylogeography and species limits in these colorful birds... - mtDNA from fossils reveals a radiation of Hawaiian geese recently derived from the Canada goose (Brantacanadensis)Ellen E Paxinos
Genetics Program, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, 3001 Connecticut Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20008, USA
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 99:1399-404. 2002..The giant Hawaii goose resembles the moa-nalos, a group of massive, extinct, flightless ducks that lived on older Hawaiian Islands and thus is an example of convergent evolution of similar morphologies in island ecosystems... - Incomplete reproductive isolation following host shift in brood parasitic indigobirdsChristopher N Balakrishnan
Department of Biology, Boston University, 5 Cummington Street, Boston, MA 02215, USA
Proc Biol Sci 276:219-28. 2009..camerunensis. Thus, complete reproductive isolation is not necessarily an automatic consequence of host shifts, a result that suggests an important role for natural and/or sexual selection in indigobird speciation... - The ruddy duck Oxyura jamaicensis in Europe: natural colonization or human introduction?Violeta Muñoz-Fuentes
Estacion Biologica de Donana CSIC, Sevilla, Spain
Mol Ecol 15:1441-53. 2006.... - Lack of mitochondrial genetic structure in hamlets (Hypoplectrus spp.): recent speciation or ongoing hybridization?Marina L Ramon
Boston University Marine Program, Marine Biological Laboratory, 7 MBL Street, Woods Hole, MA 02543, USA
Mol Ecol 12:2975-80. 2003..The presence within hamlets of two divergent mtDNA clades, however, suggests a longer history during which hybridization and gene flow have prevented the differentiation of hamlet colour morphs, at least in neutral genetic markers... - Congruent avian phylogenies inferred from mitochondrial and nuclear DNA sequencesJaime Garcia-Moreno
Max Planck Research Centre for Ornithology Vogelwarte Radolfzell, Schlossallee 2, 78315 Radolfzell, Germany
J Mol Evol 57:27-37. 2003..We also show that, for mtDNA studies, turtles may be a better outgroup for birds than crocodilians because of their slower rate of sequence evolution... - Speciation in birds: genes, geography, and sexual selectionScott V Edwards
Department of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA 02138, USA
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 102:6550-7. 2005....