A molecular genetic timescale for the diversification of autotrophic stramenopiles (Ochrophyta): Substantive underestimation of putative fossil ages

PLoS ONE

Volumn 5, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1-11

  Brown, Joseph W ^a   Sorhannus, Ulf ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b EDINBORO UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOSSIL; MOLECULAR CLOCK; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MOLECULAR PHYLOGENY; MORPHOLOGICAL ADAPTATION; NONHUMAN; OOMYCETES; PHANEROZOIC; PROTEROZOIC; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; STRAMENOPILE; TAXONOMY; AUTOTROPHY; CLASSIFICATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PHYLOGENY;

EUKARYOTA; OOMYCETES; STRAMENOCHROMA; STRAMENOPILES;

AUTOTROPHIC PROCESSES; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; FOSSILS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; STRAMENOPILES;

EID: 77958531150     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0012759     Document Type: Article

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