Establishing a time-scale for plant evolution

New Phytologist

Volumn 192, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 266-301

  Clarke, John T ^a,b   Warnock, Rachel C M ^a   Donoghue, Philip C J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Angiosperm; Calibration; Chronogram; Divergence time; Embryophyte; Fossil record; Land plant; Molecular clock; Phylogeny

Indexed keywords

BRYOPHYTE; CALIBRATION; DIVERGENCE; FOSSIL RECORD; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; PHYLOGENY; PLANT COMMUNITY; PROBABILITY; TIMESCALE;

ANGIOSPERM; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CALIBRATION; EVOLUTION; FOSSIL; GENETICS; PHYLOGENY; REPRODUCIBILITY; TIME;

ANGIOSPERMS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; CALIBRATION; FOSSILS; MODELS, GENETIC; PHYLOGENY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TIME FACTORS;

EMBRYOPHYTA; EUPHYLLOPHYTA; MAGNOLIOPHYTA; TRACHEOPHYTA;

EID: 80052346740     PISSN: 0028646X     EISSN: 14698137     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8137.2011.03794.x     Document Type: Article

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