Molecular-clock methods for estimating evolutionary rates and timescales

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 23, Issue 24, 2014, Pages 5947-5965

  Ho, Simon Y W ^a   Duchêne, Sebastián ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bayesian phylogenetics; calibration; lineage effects; local clock; rate variation; relaxed clock

Indexed keywords

BAYES THEOREM; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; DNA SEQUENCE; FOSSIL; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MUTATION RATE; PHYLOGENY; STATISTICAL MODEL;

BAYES THEOREM; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; FOSSILS; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; MODELS, GENETIC; MUTATION RATE; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 84919772565     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: 1365294X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/mec.12953     Document Type: Article

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