Population size and molecular evolution on islands

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 272, Issue 1578, 2005, Pages 2277-2282

  Woolfit, Megan ^a,b   Bromham, Lindell ^b  

^a TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Comparative method; Effective population size; Molecular clock; Molecular evolution; Substitution rates

Indexed keywords

ISOLATED POPULATION; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; PHYLOGENETICS; POPULATION SIZE;

ARTICLE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INVERTEBRATE; ISLAND BIOGEOGRAPHY; MOLECULAR CLOCK; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NEUTRAL GENE THEORY; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; POPULATION SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECIES ENDEMICITY; VERTEBRATE;

INVERTEBRATA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 27244456236     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2005.3217     Document Type: Article

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