Estimating divergence dates from molecular sequences

Molecular Biology and Evolution

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 442-448

  Rambaut, Andrew ^a   Bromham, Lindell ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Avian origins; Maximum likelihood; Molecular clock; Phylogeny; Quartet

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIRD; FOSSIL; GENETIC VARIABILITY; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD METHOD; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION;

EID: 0031966291     PISSN: 07374038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.molbev.a025940     Document Type: Article

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