Molecular dating: Ape bones agree with chicken entrails

Trends in Genetics

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 89-92

  Glazko, Galina V ^a,b   Koonin, Eugene V ^c   Rogozin, Igor B ^c  

^a STOWERS INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (United States)

^b INSTITUTE OF CYTOLOGY AND GENETICS   (Russian Federation)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTIODACTYLA; BIRD; CALIBRATION; FOSSIL; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; MAMMAL; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD METHOD; MOLECULAR CLOCK; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MOLECULAR PHYLOGENY; NONHUMAN; ORANG UTAN; PHYLOGENETIC TREE; PRIMATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RODENT;

ALOCASIA MACRORRHIZOS; ARTIODACTYLA; AVES; GALLUS GALLUS; MAMMALIA; MYA; PONGO PYGMAEUS; PRIMATES; RODENTIA;

EID: 12344268637     PISSN: 01689525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tig.2004.12.006     Document Type: Article

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