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Genomics is revolutionizing ornithology in the same ways it is reinvigorating other biological disciplines. In this review, I will highlight applications of genomics and genomics technologies to the study of the ecology and evolution of birds, focusing specifically on genome evolution, multilocus phylogeography, and gene expression in host–parasite interactions. Genomics is providing unprecedented insight into the processes of genetic change and adaptation in ways we could scarcely envision a few years ago. Genomics will help integrate genome evolution with a variety of fields, including phylogenetics, speciation, and adaptation, and place them on a common scale of gene interactions and genomic contingency.
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I would like to thank the postdoctoral fellows, research associates and graduate students who contributed to this work, including Chris Organ, Andrew Shedlock, Bryan Jennings, Zhenshan Wang, and Christopher Hess, as well as their co-authors and collaborators, and Camille Bonneaud for comments on the manuscript. This work was supported in part by NSF.
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Communicated by F. Bairlein.
Plenary essay for the International Ornithological Congress, Hamburg, Germany.
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Edwards, S.V. Genomics and ornithology. J Ornithol 148 (Suppl 1), 27–33 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10336-007-0238-x
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