Estimating divergence times in the presence of an overdispersed molecular clock

Molecular Biology and Evolution

Volumn 17, Issue 11, 2000, Pages 1647-1660

  Cutler, David J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cambrian explosion; Metazoan radiation; Molecular clock; Overdispersion

Indexed keywords

CELL NUCLEUS DNA; CHLOROPLAST DNA; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

ARTICLE; EVOLUTION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD METHOD; METAZOON; PLANT; PROBABILITY; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ANIMALIA; EMBRYOPHYTA; METAZOA;

EID: 0033735946     PISSN: 07374038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.molbev.a026264     Document Type: Article

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