Rates and Rocks: Strengths and Weaknesses of Molecular Dating Methods
I present here an in-depth, although non-exhaustive, review of two topics in molecular dating. Clock models, which describe the evolution of the rate of evolution, are considered first. Some of the shortcomings of popular approaches—uncorrelated clock models in particular—are presented and discussed...
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Language: | English |
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Frontiers Media S.A.
2020-05-01
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Series: | Frontiers in Genetics |
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Online Access: | https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fgene.2020.00526/full |