Comparison of RE marker support for the possible positions of mousebirds within core landbirds.

Abstract

<p>The seven alternative groupings are shown in descending order of support and include the mousebird topology of (A), our MPRE tree and the genome-level UCE tree of [<a href="http://www.plosbiology.org/article/info:doi/10.1371/journal.pbio.1002224#pbio.1002224.ref004" target="_blank">4</a>], (C) the Hackett et al. tree [<a href="http://www.plosbiology.org/article/info:doi/10.1371/journal.pbio.1002224#pbio.1002224.ref018" target="_blank">18</a>], (D) the main Jarvis et al. tree [<a href="http://www.plosbiology.org/article/info:doi/10.1371/journal.pbio.1002224#pbio.1002224.ref004" target="_blank">4</a>], (E) two limited retrotransposon studies [<a href="http://www.plosbiology.org/article/info:doi/10.1371/journal.pbio.1002224#pbio.1002224.ref010" target="_blank">10</a>,<a href="http://www.plosbiology.org/article/info:doi/10.1371/journal.pbio.1002224#pbio.1002224.ref023" target="_blank">23</a>], and (G) the main McCormack et al. tree [<a href="http://www.plosbiology.org/article/info:doi/10.1371/journal.pbio.1002224#pbio.1002224.ref020" target="_blank">20</a>]. Blue bold numbers indicate the amount of RE insertion events that are conflict-free with each of the seven alternatives, respectively. Higher-level taxon names are shown for well-supported monophyla, such as the eagles/New World vulture clade (Accipitrimorphae [<a href="http://www.plosbiology.org/article/info:doi/10.1371/journal.pbio.1002224#pbio.1002224.ref004" target="_blank">4</a>]), the passerine/parrot/falcon/seriema clade (Australaves [<a href="http://www.plosbiology.org/article/info:doi/10.1371/journal.pbio.1002224#pbio.1002224.ref025" target="_blank">25</a>]), and the woodpecker/bee-eater/hornbill/trogon/cuckoo-roller clade (Coraciimorphae [<a href="http://www.plosbiology.org/article/info:doi/10.1371/journal.pbio.1002224#pbio.1002224.ref004" target="_blank">4</a>], sensu stricto without mousebird). The bird paintings were generated by Jon Fjeldså (used with permission).</p