Time scale of eutherian evolution estimated without assuming a constant rate of molecular evolution

Genes and Genetic Systems

Volumn 78, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 267-283

  Hasegawa, Masami ^a,b   Thorne, Jeffrey L ^c   Kishino, Hirohisa ^d  

^a INSTITUTE OF STATISTICAL MATHEMATICS   (Japan)

^b GRADUATE UNIVERSITY FOR ADVANCED STUDIES   (Japan)

^c NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bayesian method; Divergence times; Variation of evolutionary

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BAYES THEOREM; FOSSIL; GENETIC LINE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; MAMMAL; MOLECULAR CLOCK; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PROBABILITY; REVIEW; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TIME;

ANIMALS; BAYES THEOREM; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; FOSSILS; HUMANS; MATHEMATICS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MODELS, GENETIC; PHYLOGENY; PROBABILITY; TIME FACTORS; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EUTHERIA; MAMMALIA;

EID: 0142121837     PISSN: 13417568     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1266/ggs.78.267     Document Type: Review

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