Molecular clocks and geological dates: Cytochrome b of Anolis extremus substantially contradicts dating of Barbados emergence

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 14, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 2087-2096

  Thorpe, R S ^a   Leadbeater, D L ^a   Pook, C E ^a  

^a BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anole molecular clock; Barbados geology; Cytochrome b

Indexed keywords

CYTOCHROME B; PRIMER DNA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BARBADOS; BAYES THEOREM; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; GEOGRAPHY; GEOLOGY; LIZARD; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ANIMALS; BARBADOS; BASE SEQUENCE; BAYES THEOREM; CYTOCHROMES B; DNA PRIMERS; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GEOGRAPHY; GEOLOGY; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; LIZARDS; MODELS, GENETIC; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; VARIATION (GENETICS);

ANOLIS EXTREMUS; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 20144385973     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-294X.2005.02574.x     Document Type: Article

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