Accommodating heterogenous rates of evolution in molecular divergence dating methods: An example using intercontinental dispersal of plestiodon (Eumeces) lizards

Systematic Biology

Volumn 60, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 3-15

  Brandley, Matthew C ^a,b   Wang, Yuezhao ^c   Guo, Xianguang ^c   Montes De Oca, Adrián Nieto ^d   Fería Ortíz, Manuel ^e   Hikida, Tsutomu ^f   Ota, Hidetoshi ^g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c CHENGDU INSTITUTE OF BIOLOGY   (China)

^d UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^e UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^f KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^g UNIVERSITY OF HYOGO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bayesian; Beringia; divergence dating; molecular rate; partitioning; rate heterogeneity; relaxed molecular clock; saturation; Scincidae

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; REPTILIAN PROTEIN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CELL NUCLEUS; CLASSIFICATION; EVOLUTION; FAR EAST; GENETICS; LIZARD; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NORTH AMERICA; PHYLOGENY;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; CELL NUCLEUS; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; FAR EAST; LIZARDS; MODELS, GENETIC; NORTH AMERICA; PHYLOGENY; REPTILIAN PROTEINS;

EUMECES; SCINCIDAE; SQUAMATA;

EID: 79952128500     PISSN: 10635157     EISSN: 1076836X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/sysbio/syq045     Document Type: Article

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