Implications of fluctuations in substitution rates: Impact on the uncertainty of branch lengths and on relative-rate tests

Journal of Molecular Evolution

Volumn 50, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 381-390

  Bickel, David R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT HOUSTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Branch length; Confidence interval; Divergence tune; Fractal model; Molecular clock; Relative rate

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; FRACTAL ANALYSIS; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; PHYLOGENY; STATISTICS;

DARWINIA; MAMMALIA;

EID: 0033935179     PISSN: 00222844     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002399910041     Document Type: Article

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