The changing face of the molecular evolutionary clock

Trends in Ecology and Evolution

Volumn 29, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 496-503

  Ho, Simon Y W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Genomic data; Molecular clock; Pacemaker models; Phylogenetic analysis; Rate heterogeneity

Indexed keywords

EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; GENOMICS; HETEROGENEITY; MOLECULAR ECOLOGY; PHYLOGENETICS; TIMESCALE;

BIOLOGICAL MODEL; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETIC DRIFT; GENOMICS; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MUTATION RATE; PHYLOGENY;

EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENETIC DRIFT; GENOMICS; MODELS, GENETIC; MUTATION RATE; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 84906066883     PISSN: 01695347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tree.2014.07.004     Document Type: Review

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