Molecular evolutionary rates predict both extinction and speciation in temperate angiosperm lineages
<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>A positive relationship between diversification (i.e., speciation) and nucleotide substitution rates is commonly reported for angiosperm clades. However, the underlying cause of this relationship is often unknown because multiple int...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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BMC
2010-06-01
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| Series: | BMC Evolutionary Biology |
| Online Access: | http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2148/10/162 |