Prolonged decay of molecular rate estimates for metazoan mitochondrial DNA
Evolutionary timescales can be estimated from genetic data using the molecular clock, often calibrated by fossil or geological evidence. However, estimates of molecular rates in mitochondrial DNA appear to scale negatively with the age of the clock calibration. Although such a pattern has been obser...
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PeerJ Inc.
2015-03-01
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