Uncorrelated change produces the apparent dependence of evolutionary rate on interval

Paleobiology

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 429-445

  Sheets, H David ^a   Mitchell, Charles E ^b  

^a CANISIUS COLLEGE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORRELATION; EVOLUTION; EVOLUTIONARY THEORY; INVERSE ANALYSIS; MORPHOLOGY; TAXONOMY;

EID: 0035727217     PISSN: 00948373     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1666/0094-8373(2001)027<0429:UCPTAD>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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