Testing the Cambrian explosion hypothesis by using a molecular dating technique

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 95, Issue 21, 1998, Pages 12386-12389

  Bromham, Lindell ^a,d   Rambaut, Andrew ^a   Fortey, Richard ^b   Cooper, Alan ^a   Penny, David ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

^c MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

^d UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONFERENCE PAPER; DNA SEQUENCE; FOSSIL; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; METAZOON; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STOCHASTIC MODEL; TECHNIQUE;

ANIMALIA; METAZOA;

EID: 0032514706     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.95.21.12386     Document Type: Article

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