Nuclear DNA does not reconcile 'rocks' and 'clocks' in Neoaves: A comment on Ericson et al.

Biology Letters

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 257-260

  Brown, Joseph W ^a   Payne, Robert B ^a   Mindell, David P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELL NUCLEUS DNA; DNA;

AGE DETERMINATION; BIRD; CALIBRATION; CRETACEOUS; FOSSIL; NOTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TAXONOMY; ALGORITHM; ANIMAL; BAYES THEOREM; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; GENETICS; METHODOLOGY; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; PALEONTOLOGY; PHYLOGENY;

ALGORITHMS; ANIMALS; BAYES THEOREM; BIRDS; DNA; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; FOSSILS; MODELS, GENETIC; PALEONTOLOGY; PHYLOGENY;

EID: 38449106175     PISSN: 17449561     EISSN: 1744957X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2006.0611     Document Type: Note

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