Evaluating molecular clock calibrations using Bayesian analyses with soft and hard bounds

Biology Letters

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 275-279

  Sanders, Kate L ^a   Lee, Michael S Y ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bayesian analysis; Calibration; Fossil; Molecular dating; Reptile

Indexed keywords

BAYESIAN ANALYSIS; DATING METHOD; FOSSIL; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; REPTILE;

ARTICLE; BAYES THEOREM; CALIBRATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; MOLECULAR CLOCK; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ANIMAL; BIRD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FOSSIL; GENETICS; PHYLOGENY; REPTILE;

AVES; REPTILIA; SQUAMATA; VERTEBRATA;

ANIMALS; BAYES THEOREM; BIRDS; CALIBRATION; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; FOSSILS; PHYLOGENY; REPTILES;

EID: 34547481471     PISSN: 17449561     EISSN: 1744957X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2007.0063     Document Type: Article

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