Divergence times in Caenorhabditis and Drosophila inferred from direct estimates of the neutral mutation rate

Molecular Biology and Evolution

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 778-786

  Cutter, Asher D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Caenorhabditis; Divergence time; Drosophila; Molecular evolution

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; CAENORHABDITIS; CAENORHABDITIS BRIGGSAE; CALIBRATION; DROSOPHILA; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; DROSOPHILA SIMULANS; EVOLUTIONARY DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; FOSSIL; GENETIC CONSERVATION; MOLECULAR CLOCK; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MUTATION RATE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PREDICTION; UNINDEXED SEQUENCE;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ANIMALS; CAENORHABDITIS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DROSOPHILA; MUTATION; PHYLOGENY; TIME FACTORS; VARIATION (GENETICS);

CAENORHABDITIS; CAENORHABDITIS BRIGGSAE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; DROSOPHILA SIMULANS;

EID: 40849130956     PISSN: 07374038     EISSN: 15371719     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/molbev/msn024     Document Type: Article

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