Inferences from tip-calibrated phylogenies: A review and a practical guide

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 25, Issue 9, 2016, Pages 1911-1924

  Rieux, Adrien ^a,b   Balloux, François ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique   (France)

Author keywords

Bayesian phylogenetics; calibration, divergence time and substitution rate inferences; measurably evolving populations; population dynamics; tip dating

Indexed keywords

ANCIENT DNA;

BAYES THEOREM; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CALIBRATION; FOSSIL; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; PHYLOGENY; SOFTWARE; STATISTICAL MODEL;

BAYES THEOREM; CALIBRATION; DNA, ANCIENT; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; FOSSILS; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; MODELS, GENETIC; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PHYLOGENY; SOFTWARE;

EID: 84966667689     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: 1365294X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/mec.13586     Document Type: Review

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