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Exploring Patterns and Extent of Bias in Estimating Divergence Time from Mitochondrial DNA Sequence...

Exploring Patterns and Extent of Bias in Estimating Divergence Time from Mitochondrial DNA Sequence...

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Exploring Patterns and Extent of Bias in Estimating Divergence Time from Mitochondrial DNA Sequence Data in a Particular Lineage: A Case Study of Salamanders (Order Caudata)

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Exploring Patterns and Extent of Bias in Estimating Divergence Time from Mitochondrial DNA Sequence Data in a Particular Lineage: A Case Study of Salamanders (Order Caudata)

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United States: Oxford University Press

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Molecular biology and evolution, 2011-09, Vol.28 (9), p.2521-2535

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English

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United States: Oxford University Press

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In the practice of molecular dating, substitution saturation will bias the results if not properly modeled. Date estimates based on commonly used mitochondrial DNA sequences likely suffer from this problem because of their high substitution rate. Nevertheless, the patterns and extent of such expected bias remain unknown for many major evolutionary...

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Exploring Patterns and Extent of Bias in Estimating Divergence Time from Mitochondrial DNA Sequence Data in a Particular Lineage: A Case Study of Salamanders (Order Caudata)

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TN_cdi_proquest_journals_3171246834

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0737-4038

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1537-1719

DOI

10.1093/molbev/msr072

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