Estimating divergence times from molecular data on phylogenetic and population genetic timescales

Annual Review of Ecology and Systematics

Volumn 33, Issue , 2002, Pages 707-740

  Arbogast, Brian S ^a   Edwards, Scott V ^b   Wakeley, John ^c   Beerli, Peter ^b   Slowinski, Joseph B ^d  

^a HUMBOLDT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d CALIFORNIA ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

Ancestral polymorphism; Coalescence theory; Maximum likelihood; Molecular clock; Sequence saturation

Indexed keywords

DIVERGENCE; EVOLUTION; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; PHYLOGENY; POPULATION GENETICS;

EID: 0036909632     PISSN: 00664162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.ecolsys.33.010802.150500     Document Type: Review

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