The taming of the skew: Estimating proper confidence intervals for divergence dates

Systematic Biology

Volumn 57, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 317-328

  Burbrink, Frank T ^a   Pyron, R Alexander ^a,b  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; GENETICS; PHYLOGENY; SNAKE; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION; TIME;

ANIMALS; GENETIC SPECIATION; MODELS, GENETIC; PHYLOGENY; SNAKES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 54549125844     PISSN: 10635157     EISSN: 1076836X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10635150802040605     Document Type: Review

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