Molecular claims of Gondwanan age for Australian agamid lizards are untenable

Molecular Biology and Evolution

Volumn 21, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 2102-2110

  Hugall, Andrew F ^a   Lee, Michael S Y ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^b SOUTH AUSTRALIAN MUSEUM   (Australia)

Author keywords

Agamidac; Gondwanan biogeography; Molecular clock; Rule smoothing; Ultrametric trees; Wallace line

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

ARTICLE; CALIBRATION; DNA DETERMINATION; FOSSIL; LIZARD; MIOCENE; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; STOCHASTIC MODEL;

ANIMALS; AUSTRALIA; CALIBRATION; CELL NUCLEUS; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; EVOLUTION; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; FOSSILS; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; LIZARDS; PALEONTOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TIME;

AGAMIDAE; AMPHIBIA; REPTILIA; SQUAMATA;

EID: 6344269709     PISSN: 07374038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/molbev/msh219     Document Type: Article

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