The impact of gene-tree/species-tree discordance on diversification-rate estimation

Evolution

Volumn 65, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 1851-1861

  Burbrink, Frank T ^a,b   Pyron, R Alexander ^c  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^c GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Diversification rates; Gamma; Gene trees; Internode distances; Species trees; Theta.

Indexed keywords

DIVERGENCE; EVOLUTIONARY THEORY; EXTINCTION; GENETIC STRUCTURE; GENETIC VARIATION; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; LIZARD; PHYLOGENY; SPECIATION (BIOLOGY);

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CLASSIFICATION; GENETICS; LIZARD; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NORTH AMERICA; PHYLOGENY; POPULATION DENSITY; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION;

ANIMALS; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENETIC SPECIATION; LIZARDS; MODELS, GENETIC; NORTH AMERICA; PHYLOGENY; POPULATION DENSITY;

SCELOPORUS; SCELOPORUS UNDULATUS; SQUAMATA;

EID: 79960028708     PISSN: 00143820     EISSN: 15585646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1558-5646.2011.01260.x     Document Type: Article

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