Precision of molecular time estimates

Trends in Genetics

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 242-247

  Hedges, S Blair ^a   Kumar, Sudhir ^b  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ANALYTICAL ERROR; BIRD; CALCULATION; CALIBRATION; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; FOSSIL; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GEOLOGICAL TIME; LIZARD; MAMMAL; MOLECULAR CLOCK; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MOLECULAR PHYLOGENY; NONHUMAN; PALEONTOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TAXONOMY;

AVES; MAMMALIA; SQUAMATA;

EID: 1942422549     PISSN: 01689525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tig.2004.03.004     Document Type: Article

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