Molecular clock calibrations and metazoan divergence dates

Journal of Molecular Evolution

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 385-391

  Lee, Michael S Y ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Calibration; Cambrian explosion; Divergence times; Fossils; Metazoans; Molecular clock

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN;

AGE DETERMINATION; ARTICLE; CHRONOLOGY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOSSIL; METAZOON; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY; PROTEIN DETERMINATION;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL CLOCKS; CALIBRATION; ENZYMES; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; FOSSILS; MODELS, GENETIC; PROTEINS; TIME; VARIATION (GENETICS);

ARTHROPODA; AVES; MAMMALIA; METAZOA; PRIMATES; RODENTIA; TETRAPODA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0032855033     PISSN: 00222844     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/PL00006562     Document Type: Article

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