First comparative study of primate morphological and molecular evolutionary rates including muscle data: Implications for the tempo and mode of primate and human evolution

Journal of Anatomy

Volumn 222, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 410-418

  Diogo, Rui ^a   Peng, Zuogang ^b   Wood, Bernard ^c  

^a HOWARD UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b SOUTHWEST UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c THE GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Anatomy; Evolutionary rates; Gradualism; Human evolution; Molecules; Muscles; Phylogeny; Primates

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BAYES THEOREM; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EVOLUTION; FOSSIL; HUMAN; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MUSCLE; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PRIMATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; BAYES THEOREM; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; HUMANS; MUSCLE, STRIATED; NUCLEOTIDES; PHYLOGENY; PRIMATES;

CERCOPITHECIDAE; HOMINOIDEA; HOMO; PLATYRRHINI; PRIMATES; STREPSIRHINI;

EID: 84875553251     PISSN: 00218782     EISSN: 14697580     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/joa.12024     Document Type: Article

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