Molecular evidence on plant divergence times

American Journal of Botany

Volumn 91, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 1656-1665

  Sanderson, Michael J ^a   Thorne, Jeffrey L ^b   Wikström, Niklas ^c   Bremer, Kåre ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Adaptive radiation; Biogeography; Divergence time; Molecular clock; Phylogeny; Rates

Indexed keywords

DIVERGENCE; ESTIMATION METHOD; EVOLUTION; FOSSIL RECORD; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; PHYLOGENY; PLANT;

EMBRYOPHYTA; MAGNOLIOPHYTA; SPERMATOPHYTA; VIRIDIPLANTAE;

EID: 18944367488     PISSN: 00029122     EISSN: 00029122     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3732/ajb.91.10.1656     Document Type: Review

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