Beyond fossil calibrations: Realities of molecular clock practices in evolutionary biology

Frontiers in Genetics

Volumn 5, Issue MAY, 2014, Pages

  Hipsley, Christy A ^a   Müller, Johannes ^a,b  

^a LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR EVOLUTION AND BIODIVERSITY SCIENCE   (Germany)

^b BERLIN BRANDENBURG INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED BIODIVERSITY RESEARCH BBIB   (Germany)

Author keywords

Calibration; Divergence dating; Fossil; Molecular clock; Node age prior; Vertebrate paleontology

Indexed keywords

EID: 84905638405     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16648021     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fgene.2014.00138     Document Type: Article

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