Geological dates and molecular rates: Fish DNA sheds light on time dependency

Molecular Biology and Evolution

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 624-633

  Burridge, Christopher P ^a   Craw, Dave ^a   Fletcher, David ^a   Waters, Jonathan M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Calibration; Molecular clock; Mutation rate; Purifying selection; Time dependency

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

ARTICLE; CALIBRATION; DEMOGRAPHY; DNA DETERMINATION; FISH; FOSSIL; FRESHWATER ENVIRONMENT; GEOLOGY; HOLOCENE; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NEW ZEALAND; NONHUMAN; PEDIGREE; PHYLOGENY; RIVER; TAXON; TIME;

ANIMALS; CALIBRATION; DNA; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; FISHES; FRESH WATER; GEOLOGY; HISTORY, ANCIENT; MUTATION; NEW ZEALAND; TIME FACTORS;

GALAXIIDAE; PISCES;

EID: 40849126685     PISSN: 07374038     EISSN: 15371719     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/molbev/msm271     Document Type: Article

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