Synthesizing and databasing fossil calibrations: Divergence dating and beyond

Biology Letters

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 801-803

  Ksepka, Daniel T ^a,c   Benton, Michael J ^d   Carrano, Matthew T ^e   Gandolfo, Maria A ^f   Head, Jason J ^g   Hermsen, Elizabeth J ^f   Joyce, Walter G ^h   Lamm, Kristin S ^b   Patané, JoséS L ⁱ   Phillips, Matthew J ^j   Polly, David P ^k   Tuinen, Marcel Van ^l   Ware, Jessica L ^m,n   Warnock, Rachel C M ^d   Parham, James F ^o  

^a Earth and Atmospheric Sciences ^*  (United States)

^b NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NORTH CAROLINA MUSEUM OF NATURAL SCIENCES   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^e DEPARTMENT OF PALEOBIOLOGY   (United States)

^f Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^h UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

ⁱ INSTITUTO BUTANTAN   (Brazil)

^j UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^k INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^l UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA WILMINGTON   (United States)

^m RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

ⁿ DIVISION OF INVERTEBRATE ZOOLOGY   (United States)

^o UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA   (United States)

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Author keywords

Bioinformatics; Database; Molecular clocks; Palaeontology

Indexed keywords

BIOINFORMATICS; CALIBRATION; DATA SET; DATABASE; DATING METHOD; DIVERGENCE; FOSSIL RECORD; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; NUMERICAL MODEL; PALEONTOLOGY; PHYLOGENETICS;

EID: 82455166760     PISSN: 17449561     EISSN: 1744957X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2011.0356     Document Type: Conference Paper

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