Influence of Tertiary paleoenvironmental changes on the diversification of South American mammals: A relaxed molecular clock study within xenarthrans

BMC Evolutionary Biology

Volumn 4, Issue , 2004, Pages

  Delsuc, Frédéric ^a,b   Vizcaíno, Sergio F ^c   Douzery, Emmanuel J P ^a  

^a INSTITUT DES SCIENCES DE L EVOLUTION   (France)

^b MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

^c FACULTAD DE CIENCIAS NATURALES Y MUSEO   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Bayesian dating; Evolution; Global change; Mammals; Palaeontology; Phylogeny; Relaxed molecular clock; South America; Tertiary; Xenarthrans

Indexed keywords

ARMADILLO; DASYPODIDAE; EDENTATA; EUTHERIA; HYSTRICOGNATHI; MAMMALIA; METATHERIA; MYRMECOPHAGIDAE; PRIMATES; RODENTIA;

ALPHA 2 ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR; VON WILLEBRAND FACTOR;

ANIMAL; ARMADILLO; BAYES THEOREM; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; DISASTER; GENETICS; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MUTATION; PALEONTOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; SLOTH; SOUTH AMERICA; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TIME; TUMOR SUPPRESSOR GENE; XENARTHRA;

ANIMALS; ARMADILLOS; BAYES THEOREM; DISASTERS; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENES, BRCA1; MODELS, GENETIC; MUTATION; PALEONTOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; RECEPTORS, ADRENERGIC, ALPHA-2; SLOTHS; SOUTH AMERICA; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TIME FACTORS; VON WILLEBRAND FACTOR; XENARTHRA;

EID: 2942534605     PISSN: 14712148     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2148-4-11     Document Type: Article

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