Tempo of Diversification of Global Amphibians: One-Constant Rate, One-Continuous Shift or Multiple-Discrete Shifts?

In this brief report, alternative time-varying diversification rate models were fitted onto the phylogeny of global amphibians by considering one-constant-rate (OCR), one-continuous-shift (OCS) and multiplediscrete- shifts (MDS) situations. The OCS diversification model was rejected by γ statistic...

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Main Author: Youhua Chen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Korean Society of Systematic Zoology 2014-01-01
Series:Animal Systematics, Evolution and Diversity
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Online Access:http://www.e-ased.org/Upload/files/e-ased.org/07-Tempo-(0031).165209.pdf