Can fast early rates reconcile molecular dates with the Cambrian explosion?

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 267, Issue 1447, 2000, Pages 1041-1047

  Bromham, Lindell D ^a   Hendy, Michael D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Cambrian explosion; Metazoa; Molecular clock; Substitution rate

Indexed keywords

DIVERGENCE; EVOLUTION; METAZOAN; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS;

ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; CALIBRATION; EVOLUTION; FOSSIL; NONHUMAN; PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALIA; METAZOA;

EID: 0034701836     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2000.1108     Document Type: Article

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