Error in estimation of rate and time inferred from the early amniote fossil record and avian molecular clocks

Journal of Molecular Evolution

Volumn 59, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 267-276

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

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Birds; Calibration; Fossil; Minimum age; Molecular clock; Synapsid diapsid

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL ERROR; ARTICLE; BIRD; CALIBRATION; CELL LINEAGE; EVOLUTION; FOSSIL; FOWL; GENE LOCUS; GEOLOGY; HISTORY; MAMMAL; METAZOON; MOLECULAR CLOCK; PHYLOGENY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; ROCK; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ANIMALS; BIRDS; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; FOSSILS; GEOLOGY; MAMMALS; MODELS, GENETIC; PHYLOGENY; REPTILES; RESEARCH DESIGN; TIME FACTORS;

AVES; GALLIFORMES; MAMMALIA; METAZOA; SAURIA; SYNAPSIDA;

EID: 3142784037     PISSN: 00222844     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00239-004-2624-9     Document Type: Article

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