Calibration and error in placental molecular clocks: A conservative approach using the cetartiodactyl fossil record

Journal of Heredity

Volumn 95, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 200-208

  Van Tuinen, Marcel ^a   Hadly, E A ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA; MITOCHONDRIAL RNA;

AGE; ARTICLE; ARTIODACTYLA; CALIBRATION; CETARTIODACTYL; CRETACEOUS; ERROR; EVOLUTION; FOSSIL; FOSSIL AGE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; GEOLOGICAL TIME; K T BOUNDARY; MOLECULAR CLOCK; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MOLECULAR SUBSTITUTION; NONHUMAN; ORDO; PHYLOGENY; PLACENTA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUPERORDINAL DIVERSIFICATION; WHALE;

ANIMALS; ARTIODACTYLA; CALIBRATION; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; FOSSILS; PHYLOGENY; RESEARCH DESIGN; TIME FACTORS; WHALES;

ARTIODACTYLA; CETACEA; EUTHERIA;

EID: 3142765999     PISSN: 00221503     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jhered/esh045     Document Type: Article

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