Effects of substitution models on divergence time estimates: Simulations and an empirical study of model uncertainty using cornales

Systematic Botany

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 578-592

  Schenk, John J ^a,b   Hufford, Larry ^a  

^a WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Branch length; model misspecification; molecular clock; molecular dating analysis; penalized likelihood; simulations; substitution models

Indexed keywords

CORNALES;

EID: 77956552647     PISSN: 03636445     EISSN: 15482324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1600/036364410792495809     Document Type: Article

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