Green Web or megabiased clock? Plant fossils from Gondwanan Patagonia speak on evolutionary radiations

New Phytologist

Volumn 207, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 283-290

  Wilf, Peter ^a   Escapa, Ignacio H ^b  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MUSEO PALEONTOLÓGICO EGIDIO FERUGLIO   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Divergence dating; Evolutionary radiations; Geochronology; Gondwana; Molecular clocks; Paleobotany; Patagonia

Indexed keywords

DIVERGENCE; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; FOSSIL RECORD; GEOCHRONOLOGY; GONDWANA; MASS EXTINCTION; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; PALEOBIOGEOGRAPHY; PALEOBOTANY; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOGEOGRAPHY; SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE;

PATAGONIA;

BIODIVERSITY; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; EVOLUTION; FOSSIL; GENETICS; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; PHYLOGENY; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY; PLANT; SEA;

BIODIVERSITY; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; FOSSILS; MODELS, GENETIC; OCEANS AND SEAS; PHYLOGENY; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY; PLANTS;

EID: 84931565956     PISSN: 0028646X     EISSN: 14698137     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/nph.13114     Document Type: Article

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