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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Main Authors: Blanco Oscar, Divakar Pradeep K, Hipp Andrew L, Lumbsch H Thorsten, Crespo Ana
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2008-09-01
Series:BMC Evolutionary Biology
Online Access:http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2148/8/257