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    "Mitochondrial 16S rRNA (MT-RNR2, ~1,600 bp)",
    "Nuclear 18S rRNA (RN18S1, ~1,824 bp)",
    "Nuclear ITS1–5.8S–ITS2 Cistron (~2,677 bp)",
    "Nuclear 28S rRNA (RN28S1, ~4,430 bp)"
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  "total_duration_ms": 17,
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  "published_4_to_5_star_discovery_count": 2,
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      "accession_coord": "NC_010195.2:2250-3850",
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      "common_name": "Peregrine falcon",
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      "common_name": "Rock dove",
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      "accession_coord": "KT445934.2:1850-3673",
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      "common_name": "Red junglefowl",
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      "common_name": "Red junglefowl",
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      "taxon": "Gallus gallus",
      "common_name": "Red junglefowl",
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      "comparison_label": "Supraordinal Galloanserae (Gallus vs. Anas)",
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      "comparison_label": "Neognathae Radiation (Gallus vs. Taeniopygia)",
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      "comparison_label": "Neoaves Raptores vs. Columbaves (Falco vs. Columba)",
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      "comparison_label": "Basal Avian Root (Struthio Paleognathae vs. Gallus Neognathae)",
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  "tiered_runs": [
    {
      "run_id": "AVIAN-BURNIN-00A",
      "stage_category": "Stage 0: 0★ Procedural Burn-In Control (Unpublished)",
      "data_provenance": "CALIBRATION DATA: PROCEDURALLY GENERATED",
      "pipeline_id": "coi-barcode-cluster",
      "star_rating": 0,
      "star_glyph": "0★",
      "star_classification": "0★ Noise / Null Control — Excluded from Publication",
      "publishable_standalone": false,
      "published_article": false,
      "published_slug": null,
      "title": "Procedural Burn-In: Unstructured Avian 16S Loop Permutation Null (N = 20)",
      "taxa_or_loci_count": 20,
      "total_base_pairs_analyzed": 32000,
      "primary_metric_name": "ABGD Barcode Gap Ratio",
      "primary_metric_value": -0.0168,
      "secondary_metrics_summary": "NJ bootstrap = 36.0%, stem base-pair covariation |J_max| = 0.19",
      "gate_verdict_and_rationale": "REJECTED AT 0★ GATE: Randomizing unpaired Domain IV/V loops destroys phylogenetic signal (gap = -0.0168 < 0.0, bootstrap = 36.0% < 70%). Logged to zero-star-calibration-dump.json."
    },
    {
      "run_id": "AVIAN-BURNIN-00B",
      "stage_category": "Stage 0: 0★ Procedural Burn-In Control (Unpublished)",
      "data_provenance": "CALIBRATION DATA: PROCEDURALLY GENERATED",
      "pipeline_id": "haplo-cluster",
      "star_rating": 0,
      "star_glyph": "0★",
      "star_classification": "0★ Noise / Null Control — Excluded from Publication",
      "publishable_standalone": false,
      "published_article": false,
      "published_slug": null,
      "title": "Procedural Burn-In: Synthetic 80%-GC Avian ITS1 Slippage Indel Noise",
      "taxa_or_loci_count": 16,
      "total_base_pairs_analyzed": 28800,
      "primary_metric_name": "Alignment Gap Fraction",
      "primary_metric_value": 0.542,
      "secondary_metrics_summary": "Ti/Tv = 0.58, NJ bootstrap = 32.5%, ABGD gap = -0.0210",
      "gate_verdict_and_rationale": "REJECTED AT 0★ GATE: Unanchored high-GC simple-sequence slippage produces 54.2% alignment gaps and random transversion noise. Logged to zero-star-calibration-dump.json."
    },
    {
      "run_id": "AVIAN-BURNIN-00C",
      "stage_category": "Stage 0: 0★ Procedural Burn-In Control (Unpublished)",
      "data_provenance": "CALIBRATION DATA: PROCEDURALLY GENERATED",
      "pipeline_id": "co-evo",
      "star_rating": 0,
      "star_glyph": "0★",
      "star_classification": "0★ Noise / Null Control — Excluded from Publication",
      "publishable_standalone": false,
      "published_article": false,
      "published_slug": null,
      "title": "Procedural Burn-In: Uncompensated 28S Stem-Loop Drift Null Model",
      "taxa_or_loci_count": 24,
      "total_base_pairs_analyzed": 48000,
      "primary_metric_name": "Max Potts Coupling |J_ij|",
      "primary_metric_value": 0.241,
      "secondary_metrics_summary": "Sliding-window Z = +0.52 SD, stem deltaG penalty = +19.4 kcal/mol",
      "gate_verdict_and_rationale": "REJECTED AT 0★ GATE: Fails Potts compensatory base-pair coupling threshold (|J_ij| = 0.241 < 1.50) and anomaly gate (Z = +0.52 SD < 2.50 SD). Logged to zero-star-calibration-dump.json."
    },
    {
      "run_id": "AVIAN-EMP-00A",
      "stage_category": "Stage 0: 0★ Empirical Marker Failure Control (Unpublished)",
      "data_provenance": "EMPIRICAL DATA: NCBI REFSEQ/GENBANK CACHED",
      "pipeline_id": "coi-barcode-cluster",
      "star_rating": 0,
      "star_glyph": "0★",
      "star_classification": "0★ Marker Resolution Failure — Excluded from Publication",
      "publishable_standalone": false,
      "published_article": false,
      "published_slug": null,
      "title": "Empirical Negative Control: Isolated Nuclear 18S rRNA Intra-Ordinal Collapse Across Phasianidae & Passeriformes (KT445934.2 vs NR_033238.1)",
      "taxa_or_loci_count": 8,
      "total_base_pairs_analyzed": 14592,
      "primary_metric_name": "ABGD Barcode Gap",
      "primary_metric_value": -0.0004,
      "secondary_metrics_summary": "99.67% sequence identity across 1,824 bp (d_K2P = 0.0016, family/genus NJ bootstrap = 41.0%)",
      "gate_verdict_and_rationale": "EMPIRICAL 0★ REJECT: Nuclear 18S rRNA is too conserved across Neognathae (only 3-6 substitutions across 1,824 bp) to resolve intra-ordinal avian families or genera on its own. Logged to zero-star-calibration-dump.json."
    },
    {
      "run_id": "AVIAN-EMP-00B",
      "stage_category": "Stage 0: 0★ Empirical Marker Failure Control (Unpublished)",
      "data_provenance": "EMPIRICAL DATA: NCBI REFSEQ/GENBANK CACHED",
      "pipeline_id": "haplo-cluster",
      "star_rating": 0,
      "star_glyph": "0★",
      "star_classification": "0★ Marker Resolution Failure — Excluded from Publication",
      "publishable_standalone": false,
      "published_article": false,
      "published_slug": null,
      "title": "Empirical Negative Control: Unanchored Avian ITS1 Cross-Order Alignment Collapse Without 5.8S Subunit Anchoring",
      "taxa_or_loci_count": 10,
      "total_base_pairs_analyzed": 18940,
      "primary_metric_name": "Unanchored Alignment Gap Fraction",
      "primary_metric_value": 0.524,
      "secondary_metrics_summary": "GC = 79.8%, Ti/Tv = 0.61, ordinal NJ bootstrap = 34.0%",
      "gate_verdict_and_rationale": "EMPIRICAL 0★ REJECT: Avian ITS1 undergoes extreme GC-biased expansion (1,400-1,850 bp, ~80% GC); aligning ITS1 across avian orders without 5.8S anchoring collapses into positional indel noise. Logged to zero-star-calibration-dump.json."
    },
    {
      "run_id": "AVIAN-CAL-01",
      "stage_category": "Stage 1: 1★ Empirical Single-Locus Baseline (Unpublished Calibration)",
      "data_provenance": "EMPIRICAL DATA: NCBI REFSEQ/GENBANK CACHED",
      "pipeline_id": "coi-barcode-cluster",
      "star_rating": 1,
      "star_glyph": "★",
      "star_classification": "1★ Baseline / Review Note (Unpublished Calibration)",
      "publishable_standalone": false,
      "published_article": false,
      "published_slug": null,
      "title": "Single-Locus Mitochondrial 16S rRNA (MT-RNR2) Distance & Loop-Saturation Baseline Across 8 Avian Orders (12.8 kb)",
      "taxa_or_loci_count": 8,
      "total_base_pairs_analyzed": 12808,
      "primary_metric_name": "Phasianidae Intrafamilial K2P Range",
      "primary_metric_value": 0.0884,
      "secondary_metrics_summary": "Resolves Gallus/Meleagris/Coturnix (99% boot), but deep Neoaves vs Galloanserae loops saturate (Ti/Tv = 1.68, deep boot = 68.5%)",
      "gate_verdict_and_rationale": "CALIBRATED AT 1★ (UNPUBLISHED): Single mitochondrial locus confirms species/genus barcoding utility while exposing deep ordinal loop homoplasy when unpartitioned."
    },
    {
      "run_id": "AVIAN-CAL-02",
      "stage_category": "Stage 1: 2★ Multi-Locus Technical Validation (Unpublished Calibration)",
      "data_provenance": "EMPIRICAL DATA: NCBI REFSEQ/GENBANK CACHED",
      "pipeline_id": "haplo-cluster",
      "star_rating": 2,
      "star_glyph": "★★",
      "star_classification": "2★ Technical Validation (Unpublished Calibration)",
      "publishable_standalone": false,
      "published_article": false,
      "published_slug": null,
      "title": "5.8S-Anchored Avian ITS2 Helix III CBC Phasing & 16S Mitochondrial NUMT Stem-Energy Filter Across 14 Specimens (28.4 kb)",
      "taxa_or_loci_count": 14,
      "total_base_pairs_analyzed": 28420,
      "primary_metric_name": "Anchored Barcoding Gap Ratio",
      "primary_metric_value": 11.84,
      "secondary_metrics_summary": "5.8S anchor entropy H = 0.29 bits; NUMT stem destabilization deltaG = +18.4 kcal/mol; family bootstrap = 94.2%",
      "gate_verdict_and_rationale": "CALIBRATED AT 2★ (UNPUBLISHED): Validates 5.8S anchoring and secondary-structure stem-energy filtering of nuclear NUMT paralogs across 14 specimens."
    },
    {
      "run_id": "AVIAN-CAL-03",
      "stage_category": "Stage 1: 3★ Cross-Compartment Comparative Synthesis (Unpublished Calibration)",
      "data_provenance": "EMPIRICAL DATA: NCBI REFSEQ/GENBANK CACHED",
      "pipeline_id": "co-evo",
      "star_rating": 3,
      "star_glyph": "★★★",
      "star_classification": "3★ Comparative Synthesis (Unpublished Calibration)",
      "publishable_standalone": false,
      "published_article": false,
      "published_slug": null,
      "title": "Dual-Compartment Avian Ribosomal Divergence: AT-Rich Mitochondrial 16S vs. GC-Rich Nuclear 28S Expansion Segments Across 26 Taxa (142.6 kb)",
      "taxa_or_loci_count": 26,
      "total_base_pairs_analyzed": 142600,
      "primary_metric_name": "Nuclear 28S ES vs. Mt 16S GC Delta (%)",
      "primary_metric_value": 33.3,
      "secondary_metrics_summary": "Mt 16S GC = 46.1% (0.6 G4s/kb) vs. Nuclear 28S ES GC = 79.4% (88.4 G4s/kb, Z = +3.42 SD)",
      "gate_verdict_and_rationale": "CALIBRATED AT 3★ (UNPUBLISHED): Cross-clade synthesis quantifying opposing compositional pressures in mitochondrial vs. nuclear avian ribosomes prior to 4-locus partitioning."
    },
    {
      "run_id": "AVIAN-DISC-04",
      "stage_category": "Stage 2: 4★ Strong Emergent Signal (Published Discovery #39)",
      "data_provenance": "EMPIRICAL DATA: NCBI REFSEQ/GENBANK CACHED",
      "pipeline_id": "chrom-condensate",
      "star_rating": 4,
      "star_glyph": "★★★★",
      "star_classification": "4★ Strong Emergent Signal",
      "publishable_standalone": true,
      "published_article": true,
      "published_slug": "avian-microchromosomal-rdna-its-28s-gc-g4-condensate-numt-boundary",
      "title": "Avian Microchromosomal rDNA G-Quadruplex Saturation, 5.8S-Anchored ITS2 Helix III Covariation & Mitochondrial 16S NUMT Filtering Across 32 Bird Genomes (348 kb)",
      "taxa_or_loci_count": 32,
      "total_base_pairs_analyzed": 348400,
      "primary_metric_name": "Microchromosomal ITS/28S G4 Density (motifs/kb)",
      "primary_metric_value": 118.4,
      "secondary_metrics_summary": "GC = 76.8-83.4%, G4Hunter |S| = 2.88, Z = +4.42 SD; 16S NUMT stem filter deltaG = +18.4 kcal/mol",
      "gate_verdict_and_rationale": "PASSED 4★ GATE (PUBLISHED): Multi-engine convergence across 348.4 kb (Z = +4.42 SD >= 3.50 SD) linking microchromosomal NOR GC-biased gene conversion to extreme ITS/28S G-quadruplex density and secondary-structure assay rescue."
    },
    {
      "run_id": "AVIAN-DISC-05",
      "stage_category": "Stage 2: 5★ Significant Biological Signal (Published Discovery #40)",
      "data_provenance": "EMPIRICAL DATA: NCBI REFSEQ/GENBANK CACHED",
      "pipeline_id": "dag-chain",
      "star_rating": 5,
      "star_glyph": "★★★★★",
      "star_classification": "5★ Significant Biological Signal",
      "publishable_standalone": true,
      "published_article": true,
      "published_slug": "avian-four-locus-partitioned-16s-18s-28s-its-supermatrix-phylogenomic-atlas",
      "title": "Four-Locus Partitioned Avian Ribosomal Supermatrix (16S + 18S + 5.8S-ITS + 28S): Secondary-Structure Stem-Loop Models & Deep-to-Shallow Clade Resolution Across 54 Bird Species (1.08 Mb)",
      "taxa_or_loci_count": 54,
      "total_base_pairs_analyzed": 1084200,
      "primary_metric_name": "Combined Multi-Locus Partitioned Z-Score (SD)",
      "primary_metric_value": 5.46,
      "secondary_metrics_summary": "8,420 bp 6-partition supermatrix across 54 species (18 orders): 99.4% deep basal bootstrap + 21.6x terminal species barcoding gap",
      "gate_verdict_and_rationale": "PASSED 5★ GATE (PUBLISHED): 1.084 Mb 4-locus 6-partition supermatrix across 54 avian species (Z = +5.46 SD >= 4.50 SD) simultaneously resolving deep Paleognathae/Galloanserae/Neoaves nodes and shallow congeneric species."
    }
  ]
}