Catarrhine primate divergence dates estimated from complete mitochondrial genomes: Concordance with fossil and nuclear DNA evidence

Journal of Human Evolution

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 237-257

  Raaum, Ryan L ^a   Sterner, Kirstin N ^a   Noviello, Colleen M ^a   Stewart, Caro Beth ^b   Disotell, Todd R ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Calibration; Hominoid slowdown; mtDNA genomes; Old World monkey; Primate evolution

Indexed keywords

CALIBRATION; DNA; EVOLUTION; GENOME; PALEONTOLOGY; PRIMATE;

ALOCASIA MACRORRHIZOS; CERCOCEBUS; CERCOPITHECIDAE; CERCOPITHECOIDEA; CERCOPITHECUS AETHIOPS; COLOBINAE; COLOBUS GUEREZA; HOMINIDAE; HOMINOIDEA; HOMO; HYLOBATIDAE; MACACA; PAN PANISCUS; PAN TROGLODYTES; PANISCUS; PAPIO; PAPIO HAMADRYAS; PONGO; PONGO PYGMAEUS PYGMAEUS; PRIMATES; TRACHYPITHECUS OBSCURUS; TROGLODYTES;

EID: 14544271005     PISSN: 00472484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhevol.2004.11.007     Document Type: Article

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