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Telling the Evolutionary Time

Molecular Clocks and the Fossil Record
By:Philip C J Donoghue; ‎M. Paul Smith
Publisher:Taylor & Francis
Print ISBN:9780367394738
eText ISBN:9781134477296
Edition:1
Copyright:2003
Format:Reflowable

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Determining the precise timing for the evolutionary origin of groups of organisms has become increasingly important as scientists from diverse disciplines attempt to examine rates of anatomical or molecular evolution and correlate intrinsic biological events to extrinsic environmental events. Molecular clock analyses indicate that many major groups