Estimating Divergence Times and Substitution Rates in Rhizobia

Accurate estimation of divergence times of soil bacteria that form nitrogen-fixing associations with most leguminous plants is challenging because of a limited fossil record and complexities associated with molecular clocks and phylogenetic diversity of root nodule bacteria, collectively called rhiz...

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Main Authors: Rim Chriki-Adeeb, Ali Chriki
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SAGE Publishing 2016-01-01
Series:Evolutionary Bioinformatics
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.4137/EBO.S39070