Paleobotany, evidence, and molecular dating: An example from the Nymphaeales

Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden

Volumn 95, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 43-50

  Nixon, Kevin C ^a  

^a Cornell University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Angiosperm; Molecular clock; Nonparametric rate smoothing; Nymphaeales; Penalized likelihood

Indexed keywords

MAGNOLIOPHYTA; NYMPHAEALES;

EID: 42449147942     PISSN: 00266493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3417/2007063     Document Type: Article

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