Molecular dating, evolutionary rates, and the age of the grasses

Systematic Biology

Volumn 63, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 153-165

  Christin, Pascal Antoine ^a,b   Spriggs, Elizabeth ^b   Osborne, Colin P ^a   Strömberg, Caroline A E ^c   Salamin, Nicolas ^d   Edwards, Erika J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

divergence time; molecular dating; mutation rate; phylogeny; Poaceae

Indexed keywords

ANGIOSPERM; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; DIVERGENCE TIME; GENETICS; MOLECULAR DATING; MUTATION RATE; PHYLOGENY; PLANT GENOME; PLASTID; POACEAE; TIME;

DIVERGENCE TIME; MOLECULAR DATING; MUTATION RATE; PHYLOGENY; POACEAE;

ANGIOSPERMS; GENOME, PLANT; PHYLOGENY; PLASTIDS; POACEAE; TIME;

EID: 84894513821     PISSN: 10635157     EISSN: 1076836X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/sysbio/syt072     Document Type: Article

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