Molecular phylogenetic dating of asterid flowering plants shows early cretaceous diversification

Systematic Biology

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 496-505

  Bremer, Kåre ^a   Friis, Else Marie ^b   Bremer, Birgitta ^c  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b SWEDISH MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY   (Sweden)

^c SE 104 05 Stockholm Sweden   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Angiosperms; Asterids; Cretaceous; Dating; Fossils; Molecular clocks

Indexed keywords

CHLOROPLAST DNA;

ANGIOSPERM; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FOSSIL; GENETICS; METHODOLOGY; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; PHYLOGENY; TIME;

ANGIOSPERMS; DNA, CHLOROPLAST; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; FOSSILS; MODELS, GENETIC; PHYLOGENY; RESEARCH DESIGN; TIME FACTORS;

AQUIFOLIALES; ASTERIDS; CAMPANULIDS; CORNALES; DIPSACALES; EMBRYOPHYTA; ERICALES; LAMIIDS; MAGNOLIOPHYTA; SOLANALES;

EID: 3242670510     PISSN: 10635157     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10635150490445913     Document Type: Article

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