# Complexity of avian evolution revealed by family-level genomes

*PRI Rank #1 · Topics and Trends in Most Cited Genetic diversity and population structure Papers, Class of 2026*

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| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Rank | #1 |
| 18m citations | 174 |
| Journal | Nature |
| Year | 2024 |
| DOI | 10.1038/s41586-024-07323-1 |
| Corresponding authors | Josefin Stiller, Siavash Mirarab, Guojie Zhang |
| Institution | University of Copenhagen, Denmark |

**Ranking page:** [Topics and Trends in Most Cited Genetic diversity and population structure Papers, Class of 2026](https://pri.pepkio.com/top-papers/genetic-diversity-and-population-structure/2026)

**Paper link:** [10.1038/s41586-024-07323-1](https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-024-07323-1)

## Topics

Avian phylogenomics · Avian phylogenomics · Cretaceous-Paleogene extinction event · rapid radiation · intergenic regions · Coalescent methods · incomplete lineage sorting · Hybridization · Phylogenetic discordance · genomic heterogeneity · Effective population size · Substitution rates · relative brain size · Cretaceous-Paleogene extinction event · taxon sampling · DNA composition bias · Substitution rates · 363 bird species · 218 taxonomic families

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