Improved characterisation of among-lineage rate variation in cetacean mitogenomes using codon-partitioned relaxed clocks

Mitochondrial DNA

Volumn 21, Issue 3-4, 2010, Pages 138-146

  Ho, Simon Y W ^a,b   Lanfear, Robert ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Mitochondrial DNA; Molecular clock; Rate heterogeneity; Whales

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

ARTICLE; CETACEA; CODON; GENETIC VARIABILITY; MITOCHONDRIAL GENOME; MOLECULAR CLOCK; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WHALE;

ANIMALS; BAYES THEOREM; CETACEA; CODON; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; GENOME;

CETACEA; METAZOA;

EID: 77956087396     PISSN: 19401736     EISSN: 19401744     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/19401736.2010.494727     Document Type: Article

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