Calibration of avian molecular clocks

Molecular Biology and Evolution

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 206-213

  Van Tuinen, Marcel ^a   Hedges, S Blair ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bird; Divergence time; Molecular clock; Ratite; Sequential calibration

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BIRD; CALIBRATION; CELL LINEAGE; DNA DNA HYBRIDIZATION; DUCK; FOSSIL; FOWL; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION;

ANAS; ANAS SP.; ANIMALIA; ANSERIFORMES; AVES; GALLIFORMES; PALAEOGNATHAE;

EID: 0035143484     PISSN: 07374038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.molbev.a003794     Document Type: Article

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