Calibration choice, rate smoothing, and the pattern of tetrapod diversification according to the long nuclear gene RAG-1

Systematic Biology

Volumn 56, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 543-563

  Hugall, Andrew F ^a   Foster, Ralph ^b   Lee, Michael S Y ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^b SOUTH AUSTRALIAN MUSEUM   (Australia)

Author keywords

Amniota; Cross validation; Fossil calibration; Penalized likelihood rate smoothing; Relaxed clock; Reptilia; Tetrapod phylogeny. RAG 1

Indexed keywords

HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN; RAG 1 PROTEIN; RAG-1 PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMPHIBIA; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; BIRD; CALIBRATION; FOSSIL; GENETICS; MAMMAL; PHYLOGENY; REPTILE; TIME;

AMPHIBIA; ANIMALS; BIODIVERSITY; BIRDS; CALIBRATION; FOSSILS; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; MAMMALS; PHYLOGENY; REPTILES; TIME FACTORS;

ALLIGATOR; AMNIOTA; AMPHIBIA; AVES; COLUBROIDEA; IGUANIA; LEPIDOSAURIA; MONOTREMATA; MYA; REPTILIA; SERPENTES; SPHENODON; SQUAMATA; TESTUDINES; TETRAPODA; THERIA;

EID: 34547465760     PISSN: 10635157     EISSN: 1076836X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10635150701477825     Document Type: Article

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