A Molecular Genetic Timescale for the Diversification of Autotrophic Stramenopiles (Ochrophyta): Substantive Underestimation of Putative Fossil Ages | Zendy

Joseph W. Brown | Zendy; Ulf Sörhannus | Zendy

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A Molecular Genetic Timescale for the Diversification of Autotrophic Stramenopiles (Ochrophyta): Substantive Underestimation of Putative Fossil Ages

Author(s) -

Joseph W. Brown,

Ulf Sörhannus

Publication year - 2010

Publication title -

plos one

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.99

H-Index - 332

ISSN - 1932-6203

DOI - 10.1371/journal.pone.0012759

Subject(s) - phylogenetic tree , molecular clock , evolutionary biology , biology , taxon , sister group , taxonomic rank , clade , phylogenetics , phylogeography , macroevolution , ecology , paleontology , genetics , gene

Stramenopiles constitute a large and diverse eukaryotic clade that is currently poorly characterized from both phylogenetic and temporal perspectives at deeper taxonomic levels. To better understand this group, and in particular the photosynthetic stramenopiles (Ochrophyta), we analyzed sequence data from 135 taxa representing most major lineages. Our analytical approach utilized several recently developed methods that more realistically model the temporal evolutionary process.

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