Assessing concordance of fossil calibration points in molecular clock studies: An example using turtles

American Naturalist

Volumn 165, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 137-146

  Near, Thomas J ^a   Meylan, Peter A ^b   Shaffer, H Bradley ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^b ECKERD COLLEGE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cross validation; Divergence time; Fossil record; Molecular clock; Penalized likelihood; Testudines

Indexed keywords

CENOZOIC; DIVERGENCE; FOSSIL RECORD; METHODOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; TURTLE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; FOSSIL; GENETICS; METHODOLOGY; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; PHYLOGENY; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; TURTLE;

ANIMALS; CLASSIFICATION; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; FOSSILS; PHYLOGENY; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; TURTLES;

TESTUDINES;

EID: 13944259078     PISSN: 00030147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/427734     Document Type: Article

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