Variation in DNA substitution rates among lineages erroneously inferred from simulated clock-like data

PLoS ONE

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2010, Pages

  Schwartz, Rachel S ^a   Mueller, Rachel Lockridge ^a  

^a Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA;

ARTICLE; CLADISTICS; DNA SUBSTITUTION; GENE FUNCTION; MOLECULAR CLOCK; TAXON; ALGORITHM; AMPHIBIA; ANIMAL; BAYES THEOREM; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOLOGICAL RHYTHM; CELL LINEAGE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; GENETICS; MUTATION; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; REPRODUCIBILITY;

ALGORITHMS; ANIMALS; BAYES THEOREM; BIOLOGICAL CLOCKS; CELL LINEAGE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DNA; MODELS, GENETIC; MUTATION; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; URODELA;

EID: 77950548530     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0009649     Document Type: Article

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