Exploring uncertainty in the calibration of the molecular clock

Biology Letters

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 156-159

  Warnock, Rachel C M ^a   Yang, Ziheng ^b   Donoghue, Philip C J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

BEAST; Calibration; Evolution; Fossil record; MCMCTREE; Molecular clock

Indexed keywords

ARTHROPOD; BAYESIAN ANALYSIS; CALIBRATION; DATING METHOD; DIVERGENCE; FOSSIL RECORD; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; PARAMETERIZATION; PHYLOGENY; TIMESCALE; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

ARTHROPODA;

EID: 84863012163     PISSN: 17449561     EISSN: 1744957X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2011.0710     Document Type: Article

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