Callum S. McDiarmid

The paper reports an evolutionary shift in sperm morphology in the red-browed finch, similar to bullfinches, and suggests relaxed sexual selection may explain this change.

This study estimates mutation and recombination parameters in zebra finches, finding similarities to mammals despite differences in genome structure and recombination mechanisms.

The paper identifies genetic loci underlying bill color variation in long-tailed finches, showing that yellow alleles arose and introgressed into a red subspecies under natural selection.

The paper shows mitonuclear interactions affect aerobic metabolism in bird hybrids and may explain geographic discordance between mitochondrial and nuclear genomes.