Ancient fossil specimens of extinct species are genetically more distant to an outgroup than extant sister species are

Rivista di Biologia - Biology Forum

Volumn 101, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 93-108

  Huang, Shi ^a  

^a BURNHAM INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Dinosaurs; Genetic equidistance result; Mastodon; Molecular clock hypothesis; Neanderthals

Indexed keywords

ANURA; AVES; DIDELPHIDAE; DINOSAURIA; EUTHERIA; MAMMALIA; MASTODON; PAN;

EID: 47149096968     PISSN: 22822593     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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