Table
of Contents
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Is there a Molecular Clock?
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The Molecular Clock for alpha-globin
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There is no universal molecular
clock
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Rates of amino acid replacement
in different proteins
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Are there local molecular clocks?
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Relative rate test (Wilson &
Sarich, 1973)
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Some potential problems with
clocks:
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Using fossils to date splitting
events
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Quartets are formed from two
pairs of sequences, each pair having independent fossil dating
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Date estimates for Echinoderm
- Vertebrate split
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Author:
Martin Embley
Email: tme@nhm.ac.uk
Home Page: http://www.nhm.ac.uk/zoology/home/embley.htm |