Estimation of divergence times for major lineages of primate species

Molecular Biology and Evolution

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 424-434

  Glazko, Galina V ^a   Nei, Masatoshi ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Calibration points; Concatenated distance; Divergence times; Primate species

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHIMPANZEE; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC LINE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GORILLA; HUMAN; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MONKEY; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NONHUMAN; ORANG UTAN; PHYLOGENETIC TREE; PHYLOGENY; PRIMATE; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION;

ANIMALS; MODELS, GENETIC; PHYLOGENY; PRIMATES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TIME; VARIATION (GENETICS);

CERCOPITHECIDAE; MAMMALIA; PAN TROGLODYTES; PLATYRRHINI; PONGO PYGMAEUS; PRIMATES;

EID: 0037357461     PISSN: 07374038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/molbev/msg050     Document Type: Article

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