Teasing apart molecular- versus fossil-based error estimates when dating phylogenetic trees: A case study in the birch family (Betulaceae)

Systematic Botany

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 118-133

  Forest, Félix ^a,b,f   Savolainen, Vincent ^a   Chase, Mark W ^a   Lupia, Richard ^c   Bruneau, Anne ^d   Crane, Peter R ^e  

^a JODRELL LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^e ROYAL BOTANIC GARDENS   (United Kingdom)

^f SOUTH AFRICAN NATIONAL BIODIVERSITY INSTITUTE   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALNUS; BETULACEAE;

EID: 14244267753     PISSN: 03636445     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1600/0363644053661850     Document Type: Article

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