Animal Evolution: Only Rocks Can Set the Clock

Current Biology

Volumn 25, Issue 22, 2015, Pages R1079-R1081

  Pisani, Davide ^a   Liu, Alexander G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; EVOLUTION; FOSSIL; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; PHYLOGENY;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; FOSSILS; PHYLOGENY;

EID: 84960856933     PISSN: 09609822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2015.10.015     Document Type: Short Survey

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