Timing the eastern Asian-eastern North American floristic disjunction: Molecular clock corroborates paleontological estimates

Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 462-472

  Xiang, Qiu Yun ^a   Soltis, Douglas E ^b   Soltis, Pamela S ^b   Manchester, Steven R ^c   Crawford, Daniel J ^d  

^a Nucl Eng Idaho State University   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^d OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAMPSIS; CAULOPHYLLUM; CORNUS; DECUMARIA; LIRIODENDRON; MAGNOLIOPHYTA; MENISPERMUM; MITCHELLA; PACHYSANDRA; PENTHORUM; PHRYMA; PODOPHYLLUM;

EID: 0034125717     PISSN: 10557903     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/mpev.2000.0766     Document Type: Article

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