Flying rocks and flying clocks: disparity in fossil and molecular dates for birds
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Summary
Empirical patterns observed here suggest systemic overestimates for shallow nodes in existing molecular divergence dates for birds, and underlying biases that may drive these patterns are discussed.
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- article
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- 2014-08-07
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- 31
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- 44
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- Open access
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Keywords
Computer science
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