Highlight: Andean Hummingbirds Reveal Distinct Evolutionary Pathways to High-Altitude Adaptation

Sun Y, Fu T, Jin J, Murphy R, Hillis D, Zhang Y . Species groups distributed across elevational gradients reveal convergent and continuous genetic adaptation to high elevations. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2018; 115(45):E10634-E10641. PMC: 6233079. DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1813593115. View

Lim M, Witt C, Graham C, Davalos L . Parallel Molecular Evolution in Pathways, Genes, and Sites in High-Elevation Hummingbirds Revealed by Comparative Transcriptomics. Genome Biol Evol. 2019; 11(6):1552-1572. PMC: 6553505. DOI: 10.1093/gbe/evz101. View