| blood parasites of taiwan birds. | blood films were examined from 1477 birds of taiwan (193 species, 49 families). haemoproteus kruse was by far the commonest parasite, with leucocytozoon danilewski a not very close second. it is probable that some of the haemoproteus infections represented new species, and 1 occurring in the bamboo partridge (bambusicola thoracica sonorivox gould) seemed characteristic enough to justify recognition as such; the name haemoproteus bambusicolae sp. n. is proposed for this organism. malaria was foun ... | 1976 | 826624 |
| the genetic link between the chinese bamboo partridge (bambusicola thoracica) and the chicken and junglefowls of the genus gallus. | further comparison of mitochondrial control-region dna base sequences of 16 avian species belonging to the subfamily phasianinae revealed the following: (i) generalized perdicine birds (quails and partridges) are of ancient lineages. even the closest pair, the common quail (coturnix coturnix japonica) and the chinese bamboo partridge (bambusicola thoracica), maintained only 85.71% identity. (ii) the 12 species of phasianine birds previously and presently studied belonged to three distinct branch ... | 1995 | 7479935 |
| complete sequence of the japanese quail (coturnix japonica) mitochondrial genome and its genetic relationship with related species. | the japanese quail (coturnix japonica; jq) is one of the domesticated fowl species of japan. to provide dna sequence information for examination of its phylogenetic position in the order galliformes, the complete sequence of the jq mitochondria was determined. sequence analysis revealed that the jq mitochondrial genome is a circular dna of 16 697 basepairs (bp), which is smaller than the chicken mitochondrial dna of 16 775 bp, but the genomic structure of jq mitochondria was the same as that of ... | 2001 | 11736810 |
| complete nucleotide sequence of the coturnix chinensis (blue-breasted quail) mitochondrial genome and a phylogenetic analysis with related species. | coturnix chinensis (blue-breasted quail) has been classically grouped in galliformes phasianidae coturnix, based on morphologic features and biochemical evidence. since the blue-breasted quail has the smallest body size among the species of galliformes, in addition to a short generation time and an excellent reproductive performance, it is a possible model fowl for breeding and physiological studies of the coturnix japonica (japanese quail) and gallus gallus domesticus (chicken), which are class ... | 2002 | 12642645 |
| karyotypic evolution in the galliformes: an examination of the process of karyotypic evolution by comparison of the molecular cytogenetic findings with the molecular phylogeny. | to define the process of karyotypic evolution in the galliformes on a molecular basis, we conducted genome-wide comparative chromosome painting for eight species, i.e. silver pheasant (lophura nycthemera), lady amherst's pheasant (chrysolophus amherstiae), ring-necked pheasant (phasianus colchicus), turkey (meleagris gallopavo), western capercaillie (tetrao urogallus), chinese bamboo-partridge (bambusicola thoracica) and common peafowl (pavo cristatus) of the phasianidae, and plain chachalaca (o ... | 2004 | 15218250 |
| [Ecological distribution and spatial niche of pheasants in the Karst mountains of southwest Guangxi Province, China]. | The Karst mountain area along the Sino-Vietnam border of southwest Guangxi has been designated a "Global Biodiversity Hotspot" since 2003. We conducted a survey of pheasant species in this area, with seven species recorded, namely Chinese Francolin (Francolinus pintadeanus), Bar-backed Partridge (Arborophila brunneopectus), Mountain Bamboo Partridge (Bambusicola fytchii), Chinese Bamboo Partridge (Bambusicola thoracica), Red Junglefowl (Gallus gallus), Silver Pheasant (Lophura nycthemera) and Co ... | 2011 | 22006809 |
| cr1 retroposons provide a new insight into the phylogeny of phasianidae species (aves: galliformes). | chicken repeat 1 (cr1) elements, a class of retroposons belonging to non-long-terminal repeats, have been recognized as powerful tools for phylogenetic studies. here we examine the phylogenetic relationships of 11 phasianidae species based on cr1 retroposons. together with 19 loci reported previously, a total of 99 cr1 loci were identified from chicken genome and turkey bac clone sequences. 75 insertion events were used to address the branching order of 11 species in phasianidae. the topology of ... | 2012 | 22565186 |
| phylogeography of chinese bamboo partridge, bambusicola thoracica thoracica (aves: galliformes) in south china: inference from mitochondrial dna control-region sequences. | chinese bamboo partridge (bambusicola thoracica thoracica), an endemic subspecies of south china, distributes in mountainous areas that were affected by climate changes throughout the pleistocene. we investigated the potential impact of cyclical pleistocene climate changes on phylogeographic patterns using 1140 nucleotides of mitochondrial dna (mtdna) control-region from 180 individuals sampled from 13 populations of the partridge. we found 50 haplotypes defined by 39 polymorphic positions. phyl ... | 2010 | 20132900 |
| comparison of the chinese bamboo partridge and red junglefowl genome sequences highlights the importance of demography in genome evolution. | recent large-scale whole genome sequencing efforts in birds have elucidated broad patterns of avian phylogeny and genome evolution. however, despite the great interest in economically important phasianids like gallus gallus (red junglefowl, the progenitor of the chicken), we know little about the genomes of closely related species. gallus gallus is highly sexually dichromatic and polygynous, but its sister genus, bambusicola, is smaller, sexually monomorphic, and monogamous with biparental care. ... | 2018 | 29739321 |