Dating clades with fossils and molecules: The case of Annonaceae

Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 169, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 84-116

  Pirie, Michael D ^a   Doyle, James A ^b  

^a STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Age constraints; BEAST; Fossil calibration; Magnoliales; Molecular dating; Phylogeny; R8s; Relaxed clock

Indexed keywords

CALIBRATION; DATING METHOD; DIVERGENCE; FOSSIL RECORD; LONDON CLAY; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; MOLECULAR ECOLOGY; PALEOBOTANY; PALEONTOLOGY; PHYLOGENETICS; PHYLOGENY; SEED; SPECIES DIVERSITY; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

ANNONACEAE; MAGNOLIALES; MYA;

EID: 84859902800     PISSN: 00244074     EISSN: 10958339     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8339.2012.01234.x     Document Type: Article

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