Missing fossils, molecular clocks, and the origin of the Melastomataceae

American Journal of Botany

Volumn 90, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 1638-1644

  Morley, Robert J ^a,b,d   Dick, Christopher W ^c  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c APACHE POINT OBSERVATORY   (United States)

^d Palynova PT Eksindo Pratama   (India)

Author keywords

Chloroplast DNA; Melastomataceae; Palynology; Plate tectonics; Synonymous substitution rates; Tropical rain forests

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOGRAPHY;

EMBRYOPHYTA; MELASTOMATACEAE;

EID: 0345374635     PISSN: 00029122     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3732/ajb.90.11.1638     Document Type: Article

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