Comparison of Likelihood and Bayesian Methods for Estimating Divergence Times Using Multiple Gene Loci and Calibration Points, with Application to a Radiation of Cute-Looking Mouse Lemur Species

Systematic Biology

Volumn 52, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 705-716

  Yang, Ziheng ^a   Yoder, Anne D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bayes method; Divergence times; Evolutionary rate; Local molecular clock; Maximum likelihood; Molecular clock

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BAYES THEOREM; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; GENETICS; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; PHYLOGENY; PROSIMIAN; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ANIMALS; BAYES THEOREM; CHEIROGALEIDAE; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; MODELS, GENETIC; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

ANIMALIA; LEMUR; LEMURIDAE; PRIMATES; STREPSIRHINI;

EID: 0242571576     PISSN: 10635157     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10635150390235557     Document Type: Article

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