Assessing the quality of molecular divergence time estimates by fossil calibrations and fossil-based model selection

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 359, Issue 1450, 2004, Pages 1477-1483

  Near, Thomas J ^a   Sanderson, Michael J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Divergence time estimation; Fossil calibration; Molecular clock; Penalized likelihood

Indexed keywords

DIVERGENCE; FOSSIL; METHODOLOGY; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS;

EUTHERIA; MAGNOLIOPHYTA; MAMMALIA;

EID: 8144221423     PISSN: 09628436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2004.1523     Document Type: Conference Paper

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