Increased rates of molecular evolution in an equatorial plant clade: An effect of environment or phylogenetic nonindependence?

Evolution

Volumn 59, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 238-242

  Brown, Jeremy M ^a   Pauly, Gregory B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Independent contrasts; Latitudinal gradients; Mearnsia; Penalized likelihood rate smoothing; Relative rates test

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EVOLUTION; LATITUDINAL GRADIENT; PHYLOGENETICS; PLANT;

EMBRYOPHYTA; MEARNSIA;

EID: 13244261015     PISSN: 00143820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0014-3820.2005.tb00911.x     Document Type: Review

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