Estimating divergence times in large phylogenetic trees

Systematic Biology

Volumn 56, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 741-752

  Britton, Tom ^a   Anderson, Cajsa Lisa ^b   Jacquet, David ^a   Lundqvist, Samuel ^a   Bremer, Kåre ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Divergence times; Estimation; Molecular clock; Phylogenetic trees; Substitution rates

Indexed keywords

ACHILLEA;

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CLASSIFICATION; COMPUTER PROGRAM; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FOSSIL; PHYLOGENY; PLANT; STATISTICAL MODEL;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; FOSSILS; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PHYLOGENY; PLANTS; SOFTWARE;

EID: 37849053471     PISSN: 10635157     EISSN: 1076836X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10635150701613783     Document Type: Article

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