The local-clock permutation test: A simple test to compare rates of molecular evolution on phylogenetic trees

Evolution

Volumn 65, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 606-611

  Lanfear, Robert ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Likelihood ratio test; Local clock; Molecular clock; Molecular evolution; Substitution rate

Indexed keywords

EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; PHYLOGENETICS; STATISTICAL APPLICATION;

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; PHYLOGENY; STATISTICAL MODEL;

EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; MODELS, GENETIC; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PHYLOGENY;

EID: 79251494453     PISSN: 00143820     EISSN: 15585646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1558-5646.2010.01160.x     Document Type: Article

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