Molecular phylogeny and divergence times of deuterostome animals

Molecular Biology and Evolution

Volumn 22, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 2275-2284

  Blair, Jaime E ^a   Hedges, S Blair ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Chordata; Genomes; Molecular clock; Timetree; Vertebrata

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC LINKAGE; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MORPHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; VERTEBRATE;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BAYES THEOREM; CHORDATA; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; ECHINODERMATA; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; MODELS, GENETIC; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; PROTEINS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

ANIMALIA; CHORDATA; ECHINODERMATA; HAGFISH; HEMICHORDATA; PETROMYZONTIDAE; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 26444482460     PISSN: 07374038     EISSN: 15371719     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/molbev/msi225     Document Type: Article

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