{"id":13641,"date":"2024-07-31T11:31:37","date_gmt":"2024-07-31T15:31:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ncbiinsights.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/?p=13641"},"modified":"2024-07-31T12:22:43","modified_gmt":"2024-07-31T16:22:43","slug":"ncbi-taxonomy-updates-birds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ncbiinsights.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/2024\/07\/31\/ncbi-taxonomy-updates-birds\/","title":{"rendered":"NCBI Taxonomy Updates to Birds (Aves)"},"content":{"rendered":"
Recent molecular comparisons have better defined relationships among high-level taxonomic groups in birds. To reflect new data and classification changes, NCBI is improving our Taxonomy resource. As previously announced<\/a>, we updated the higher-level classification of birds (Aves<\/a>) with the introduction of a new major taxonomic group (clade).<\/p>\n The new clade, Neoaves<\/a>, comprises about 95% of all birds. The <\/span>Neoaves<\/span> contain<\/span> six major <\/span>superordinal<\/span> clades<\/span>:<\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n This update affects 23 million nucleotide records and improves the otherwise flat lineage of birds. These changes will not affect organism names at species rank and below.<\/p>\n Check it out in the Taxonomy Browser<\/span><\/span><\/a>.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n Follow us on social media\u202f<\/span>@NCBI<\/span><\/a>\u202fand\u202f<\/span>join our mailing list<\/span><\/a>\u202fto keep up to date with\u202fNCBI Taxonomy\u202fand other NCBI news.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Please\u00a0<\/span>reach out to us<\/span><\/a>\u00a0with questions or feedback.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Recent molecular comparisons have better defined relationships among high-level taxonomic groups in birds. To reflect new data and classification changes, NCBI is improving our Taxonomy resource. As previously announced, we updated the higher-level classification of birds (Aves) with the introduction of a new major taxonomic group (clade). What’s new? The new clade, Neoaves, comprises about … Continue reading NCBI Taxonomy Updates to Birds (Aves)<\/span> What’s new?<\/h5>\n
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