A time-calibrated, multi-locus phylogeny of piranhas and pacus (Characiformes: Serrasalmidae) and a comparison of species tree methods

Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution

Volumn 81, Issue , 2014, Pages 242-257

  Thompson, Andrew W ^a   Betancur R , Ricardo ^a,b   López Fernández, Hernán ^c,d   Ortí, Guillermo ^a  

^a GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO RIO PIEDRAS   (Puerto Rico)

^c DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL HISTORY   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Fossil calibration; Mitochondrial DNA; Nuclear introns; Species trees

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

ANIMAL; BAYES THEOREM; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CELL NUCLEUS; CHARACIFORMES; CLASSIFICATION; DNA SEQUENCE; EVOLUTION; FOSSIL; GENETICS; INTRON; PHYLOGENY; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ANIMALS; BAYES THEOREM; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; CELL NUCLEUS; CHARACIFORMES; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; FOSSILS; INTRONS; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; MODELS, GENETIC; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 84908284573     PISSN: 10557903     EISSN: 10959513     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2014.06.018     Document Type: Article

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