Molecular dates for the "cambrian explosion": The influence of prior assumptions

Systematic Biology

Volumn 54, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 672-678

  Welch, John J ^a   Fontanillas, Eric ^a   Bromham, Lindell ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

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ANIMAL; BAYES THEOREM; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CLASSIFICATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; GENETICS; INVERTEBRATE; METHODOLOGY; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; PHYLOGENY; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; BAYES THEOREM; CLASSIFICATION; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; INVERTEBRATES; MODELS, GENETIC; PHYLOGENY; RESEARCH DESIGN;

EID: 25144502293     PISSN: 10635157     EISSN: 1076836X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10635150590947212     Document Type: Review

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