Performance of a divergence time estimation method under a probabilistic model of rate evolution

Molecular Biology and Evolution

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 352-361

  Kishino, Hirohisa ^a   Thorne, Jeffrey L ^b   Bruno, William J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Markov chain Monte Carlo; Metropolis Hastings algorithm; Molecular clock; Phylogeny

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BAYES THEOREM; DNA SEQUENCE; EVOLUTION; FOSSIL; MATHEMATICAL MODEL;

EID: 0035103260     PISSN: 07374038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.molbev.a003811     Document Type: Article

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