An evaluation of fossil tip-dating versus node-age calibrations in tetraodontiform fishes (Teleostei: Percomorphaceae)

Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution

Volumn 82, Issue PA, 2015, Pages 131-145

  Arcila, Dahiana ^a,b   Alexander Pyron, R ^a   Tyler, James C ^b   Ortí, Guillermo ^a   Betancur, Ricardo ^b,c  

^a GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b DEPARTMENT OF PALEOBIOLOGY   (United States)

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

Author keywords

Acanthomorph diversification; Fossil record; Molecular clock calibration; Tetraodontiformes; Tip dating method

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; BAYES THEOREM; CALIBRATION; CLASSIFICATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; EVOLUTION; FOSSIL; PHYLOGENY; PROCEDURES; TETRAODONTIFORMES;

ANIMALS; BAYES THEOREM; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; CALIBRATION; CLASSIFICATION; FOSSILS; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; TETRAODONTIFORMES;

EID: 84910071765     PISSN: 10557903     EISSN: 10959513     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2014.10.011     Document Type: Article

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