Molecular clocks: When timesare a-changin'

Trends in Genetics

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 79-83

  Ho, Simon Y W ^a   Larson, Greger ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARCHEOLOGY; CONSERVATION GENETICS; DOMESTICATION; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; MIGRATION; MOLECULAR CLOCK; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MUTATION RATE; NONHUMAN; PALEONTOLOGY; PEDIGREE; PHYLOGENY; POPULATION MIGRATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; ANIMAL; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; MUTATION; POPULATION GENETICS; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TIME;

ANIMALIA;

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

ANIMALS; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENETICS, POPULATION; HUMANS; MUTATION; PHYLOGENY; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TIME FACTORS; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 31444442779     PISSN: 01689525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tig.2005.11.006     Document Type: Article

References (52)

1. L. Loewe, and S. Scherer Mitochondrial Eve: the plot thickens Trends Ecol. Evol. 12 1997 422 423
2. D. Graur, and W. Martin Reading the entrails of chickens: molecular timescales of evolution and the illusion of precision Trends Genet. 20 2004 80 86
3. L. Bromham, and D. Penny The modern molecular clock Nat. Rev. Genet. 4 2003 216 224
4. R.J. Britten Rates of DNA sequence evolution differ betwen taxonomic groups Science 231 1986 1393 1398
5. D.M. Lambert Rates of evolution in ancient DNA from Adélie penguins Science 295 2002 2270 2273
6. G.F. Shields, and A.C. Wilson Calibration of mitochondrial DNA evolution in geese J. Mol. Evol. 24 1987 212 217
7. C. Krajewski, and D.G. King Molecular divergence and phylogeny: Rates and patterns of cytochrome b evolution in cranes Mol. Biol. Evol. 13 1996 21 30
8. G.B. Nunn, and S.E. Stanley Body size effects and rates of Cytochrome b evolution in tube-nosed seabirds Mol. Biol. Evol. 15 1998 1360 1371
9. B. Shapiro Rise and fall of the Beringian steppe bison Science 306 2004 1561 1565
10. C.S. Troy Genetic evidence for Near-Eastern origins of European cattle Nature 410 2001 1088 1091
11. D.G. Bradley Mitochondrial diversity and the origins of African and European cattle Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U. S. A. 93 1996 5131 5135
12. T.J. Parsons A high observed substitution rate in the human mitochondrial DNA control region Nat. Genet. 15 1997 363 368
13. N. Howell The pedigree rate of sequence divergence in the human mitochondrial genome: There is a difference between phylogenetic and pedigree rates Am. J. Hum. Genet. 72 2003 659 670
14. M. Hasegawa Dating of the human-ape splitting by a molecular clock of mitochondrial DNA J. Mol. Evol. 22 1985 160 174
15. W.M. Brown Rapid evolution of animal mitochondrial DNA Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U. S. A. 76 1979 1967 1971
16. J. García-Moreno Is there a universal mtDNA clock for birds? J. Avian Biol. 35 2004 465 468
17. S.Y.W. Ho Time dependency of molecular rate estimates and systematic overestimation of recent divergence times Mol. Biol. Evol. 22 2005 1561 1568
18. D. Penny Relativity for molecular clocks Nature 436 2005 183 184
19. S.J. Fiedel The peopling of the New World: present evidence, new theories, and future directions J Arch. Res. 8 2000 39 103
20. R.H. Ward Extensive mitochondrial diversity within a single Amerindian tribe Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U. S. A. 88 1991 8720 8724
21. S. Horai People of the Americas, founded by four major lineages of mitochondrial DNA Mol. Biol. Evol. 10 1993 23 47
22. J.A.L. Armour Minisatellite diversity supports a recent African origin for modern humans Nat. Genet. 13 1996 154 160
23. P. Mellars The impossible coincidence: a single-species model for the origins of modern human behavior in Europe Evol. Anthropol. 14 2005 12 27
24. E. Hovers An early case of color symbolism - Ochre use by modern humans in Qafzeh cave Curr. Anthropol. 44 2003 491 522
25. M. Krings Neandertal DNA sequences and the origin of modern humans Cell 90 1997 19 30
26. I.V. Ovchinnikov Molecular analysis of Neanderthal DNA from the northern Caucasus Nature 404 2000 490 493
27. U. Arnason Molecular estimates of primate divergences and new hypotheses for primate dispersal and the origin of modern humans Hereditas 133 2000 217 228
28. A. Gibbons Calibrating the mitochondrial clock Science 279 1998 28 29
29. M. Stoneking New approaches to dating suggest a recent age for the human mtDNA ancestor Philos. Trans. R. Soc. Lond. B Biol. Sci. 337 1992 167 175
30. T. Jansen Mitochondrial DNA and the origins of the domestic horse Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U. S. A. 99 2002 10905 10910
31. C. Vila Multiple and ancient origins of the domestic dog Science 276 1997 1687 1689
32. C. Vila Widespread origins of domestic horse lineages Science 291 2001 474 477
33. B. Kurtén A history of coyote-like dogs Acta Zool. Fenn. 140 1974 1 38
34. A. Beja-Pereira African origins of the domestic donkey Science 304 2004 1781
35. J. Guo A novel maternal lineage revealed in sheep (Ovis aries) Anim. Genet. 36 2005 331 336
36. E. Giuffra The origin of the domestic pig: Independent domestication and subsequent introgression Genetics 154 2000 1785 1791
37. S. Hiendleder Analysis of mitochondrial DNA indicates that domestic sheep are derived from two different ancestral maternal sources: No evidence for contributions from urial and argali sheep J. Hered. 89 1998 113 120
38. C.S. Baker Abundant mitochondrial DNA variation and world-wide population structure in humpback whales Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U. S. A. 90 1993 8239 8243
39. M. Menotti-Raymond, and S.J. O'Brien Dating the genetic bottleneck of the African cheetah Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U. S. A. 90 1993 3172 3176
40. E. Eizirik Phylogeography, population history and conservation genetics of jaguars (Panthera onca, Mammalia, Felidae) Mol. Ecol. 10 2001 65 79
41. J. Klicka, and R.M. Zink The importance of recent ice ages in speciation: a failed paradigm Science 277 1997 1666 1669
42. M. Culver Genomic ancestry of the American puma (Puma concolor) J. Hered. 91 2000 186 197
43. J. Hey On the number of New World founders: a population genetic portrait of the peopling of the Americas PLoS Biol. 3 2005 e193
44. H. Suzuki Gene diversity and geographic differentiation in mitochondrial DNA of the Genji firefly, Luciola cruciata (Coleoptera: Lampyridae) Mol. Phylogenet. Evol. 22 2002 193 205
45. P. Forster Origin and evolution of Native American mtDNA variation: a reappraisal Am. J. Hum. Genet. 59 1996 935 945
46. A.J. Drummond Measurably evolving populations Trends Ecol. Evol. 18 2003 481 488
47. J.L. Thorne Estimating the rate of evolution of the rate of molecular evolution Mol. Biol. Evol. 15 1998 1647 1657
48. L. Vigilant African populations and the evolution of human mitochondrial DNA Science 253 1991 1503 1507
49. E. Reitz, and E. Wing Zooarchaeology. Cambridge Manuals in Archaeology 1999 Cambridge University Press
50. K.I. Kim Phylogenetic relationships of Asian and European pig breeds determined by mitochondrial DNA D-loop sequence polymorphism Anim. Genet. 33 2002 19 25
51. P. Savolainen Genetic evidence for an East Asian origin of domestic dogs Science 298 2002 1610 1613
52. N. Benecke Studies on early dog remains from Northern Europe J. Archaeol. Sci. 14 1987 31 49