Estimation of primate speciation dates using local molecular clocks

Molecular Biology and Evolution

Volumn 17, Issue 7, 2000, Pages 1081-1090

  Yoder, Anne D ^a,b,d   Yang, Ziheng ^c  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b FIELD MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d Dept of Cell and Molecular Biology ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Local molecular clock; Mammals; Maximum likelihood; Mitochondrial DNA; Molecular clock; Primates; Speciation dates

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EVOLUTION; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY; PRIMATE; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ARTIODACTYLA; CERCOPITHECOIDEA; CETACEA; HOMINOIDEA; MAMMALIA; METATHERIA; PRIMATES;

EID: 0033933640     PISSN: 07374038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.molbev.a026389     Document Type: Article

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