A nonparametric approach to estimating divergence times in the absence of rate constancy

Molecular Biology and Evolution

Volumn 14, Issue 12, 1997, Pages 1218-1231

  Sanderson, Michael J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Constrained optimization; Divergence time; Molecular clock

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; CHLOROPLAST; COMPUTER SIMULATION; GENETIC MODEL; PHYLOGENY;

SPERMATOPHYTA;

EID: 0030773749     PISSN: 07374038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.molbev.a025731     Document Type: Article

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