About the Authors
- Yvette A. Halley
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Affiliation Department of Veterinary Pathobiology, College of Veterinary Medicine, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, United States of America
- Scot E. Dowd
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Affiliation Molecular Research LP, Shallowater, Texas, United States of America
- Jared E. Decker
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Affiliation Division of Animal Sciences, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri, United States of America
- Paul M. Seabury
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Affiliation ElanTech Inc., Greenbelt, Maryland, United States of America
- Eric Bhattarai
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Affiliation Department of Veterinary Pathobiology, College of Veterinary Medicine, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, United States of America
- Charles D. Johnson
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Affiliation Genomics and Bioinformatics Core, Texas A&M AgriLife Research, College Station, Texas, United States of America
- Dale Rollins
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Affiliation Rolling Plains Quail Research Ranch, Rotan, Texas, United States of America
- Ian R. Tizard
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Affiliation Department of Veterinary Pathobiology, College of Veterinary Medicine, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, United States of America
- Donald J. Brightsmith
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Affiliation Department of Veterinary Pathobiology, College of Veterinary Medicine, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, United States of America
- Markus J. Peterson
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Affiliation Department of Wildlife and Fisheries Sciences, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, United States of America
- Jeremy F. Taylor
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Affiliation Division of Animal Sciences, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri, United States of America
- Christopher M. Seabury
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* E-mail: cseabury@cvm.tamu.edu
Affiliation Department of Veterinary Pathobiology, College of Veterinary Medicine, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, United States of America
Competing Interests
The authors have the following competing interests to declare: SED and CDJ run sequencing service centers, SED is Owner of General Partner and CEO of Molecular Research LP, PMS is the brother of CMS and is also a collaborator and employee of ElanTech Inc. ElanTech Inc allows PMS to collaborate and participate in peer-reviewed publications. DR is now a retired Texas AgriLife Extension Wildlife Specialist who serves as the Director of the Rolling Plains Quail Research Ranch, which is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization. This does not alter our adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: CMS. Performed the experiments: YH CMS. Analyzed the data: CMS YH SED JED MJP. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: DR IRT DJB CDJ. Wrote the paper: YH CMS. Assembled the Bobwhite Genome (Iteratively): YH CMS. Performed Comparative Genome Alignments: YH. Predicted Repeat Content: YH CMS. Performed Genome Wide Variant Detection: CMS. Estimated Bobwhite and Scarlet Macaw Generation Times: MJP CMS. Performed Coalescent Modeling: JED. Interpreted Coalescent Modeling: CMS JED JFT. Performed Bobwhite Genome Annotation: YH CMS SED. Compiled, Parsed, and Scripted Annotation Tables and Genomic Data: CMS PMS SED. Performed Whole Genome Analyses of Divergence: YH CMS. Performed Quality Control Analyses: YH CMS EB PMS. Managed Data: YH CMS PMS. Provided important comments and suggestions for the manuscript: SED JED PMS EB CDJ DR IRT DJB MJP JFT.