Accounting for calibration uncertainty in phylogenetic estimation of evolutionary divergence times

Systematic Biology

Volumn 58, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 367-380

  Ho, Simon Y W ^a   Phillips, Matthew J ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIRD; CALIBRATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FOSSIL; GENETICS; PHYLOGENY; STATISTICAL DISTRIBUTION; TIME; UNCERTAINTY;

ANIMALS; BIRDS; CALIBRATION; FOSSILS; PHYLOGENY; STATISTICAL DISTRIBUTIONS; TIME; UNCERTAINTY;

EID: 70350103638     PISSN: 10635157     EISSN: 1076836X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/sysbio/syp035     Document Type: Article

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