The impact of calibration and clock-model choice on molecular estimates of divergence times

Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution

Volumn 78, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 277-289

  Duchêne, Sebastián ^a   Lanfear, Robert ^b   Ho, Simon Y W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bayesian phylogenetics; Calibration; Date estimation; Divergence times; Evolutionary rate; Relaxed molecular clock

Indexed keywords

BAYES THEOREM; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CALIBRATION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FOSSIL; GENETICS; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; PHYLOGENY; SIMIAN FOAMY VIRUS;

BAYES THEOREM; CALIBRATION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; FOSSILS; MODELS, GENETIC; PHYLOGENY; SIMIAN FOAMY VIRUS;

EID: 84904666887     PISSN: 10557903     EISSN: 10959513     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2014.05.032     Document Type: Article

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