Simulating and detecting autocorrelation of molecular evolutionary rates among lineages

Molecular Ecology Resources

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 688-696

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bayes factor; Bayesian phylogenetic analysis; Molecular clock; Relaxed clock; Substitution rate

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOLOGY; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; PHYLOGENY; PROCEDURES;

COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; MODELS, GENETIC; PHYLOGENY;

EID: 84931824945     PISSN: 1755098X     EISSN: 17550998     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1755-0998.12320     Document Type: Article

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