Angiosperm divergence times: The effect of genes, codon positions, and time constraints

Evolution

Volumn 59, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 1653-1670

  Magallón, Susana A ^a   Sanderson, Michael J ^b  

^a DEPARTAMENTO DE ZOOLOGÍA   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Chronogram; Fossils; Gymnosperms; Penalized likelihood; Rate heterogeneity; Seed plants; Smoothing parameter

Indexed keywords

ANGIOSPERM; BAYESIAN ANALYSIS; CRETACEOUS; DIVERGENCE; FOSSIL; PHYLOGENETICS;

CODON (ANGIOSPERM); EMBRYOPHYTA; GYMNOSPERMAE; MAGNOLIOPHYTA; SPERMATOPHYTA;

EID: 24644519796     PISSN: 00143820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1554/04-565.1     Document Type: Article

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