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Evaluating Fossil Calibrations for Dating Phylogenies in Light of Rates of Molecular Evolution: A Comparison of Three Approaches

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Authors

Lukoschek, Vimoksalehi

Keogh, J Scott

Avise, John C.

Publisher

Taylor & Francis Group

Abstract

Evolutionary and biogeographic studies increasingly rely on calibrated molecular clocks to date key events. Although there has been significant recent progress in development of the techniques used for molecular dating, many issues remain. In particular,

Keywords

Keywords: mitochondrial DNA; animal; article; Bayes theorem; biological model; calibration; cell nucleus; classification; evaluation; fossil; genetics; histology; methodology; molecular evolution; molecular genetics; phylogeny; snake; species differentiation; stati Bayesian dating; Caenophidia; cross-validation; fossil calibrations; Hydrophiinae; molecular clock; nucleotide saturation; snakes

URI

http://hdl.handle.net/1885/65108

Collections

ANU Research Publications

Source

Systematic Biology

Type

Journal article

DOI

10.1093/sysbio/syr075

Restricted until

2037-12-31

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