Accelerated evolutionary rates in tropical and oceanic parmelioid lichens (Ascomycota)
<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>The rate of nucleotide substitutions is not constant across the Tree of Life, and departures from a molecular clock have been commonly reported. Within parmelioid lichens, the largest group of macrolichens, large discrepancies in bra...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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BMC
2008-09-01
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Series: | BMC Evolutionary Biology |
Online Access: | http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2148/8/257 |