Assessing Concordance of Fossil Calibration Points in Molecular Clock Studies: An Example Using Turtles

Although still controversial, estimation of divergence times using molecular data has emerged as a powerful tool to examine the tempo and mode of evolutionary change. Two primary obstacles in improving the accuracy of molecular dating are heterogeneity in DNA substitution rates and accuracy of the f...

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Veröffentlicht in:The American naturalist 2005-02, Vol.165 (2), p.137-146
Hauptverfasser: Near, Thomas J., Meylan, Peter A., Shaffer, H. Bradley
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