1st Edition
Telling the Evolutionary Time Molecular Clocks and the Fossil Record
296 Pages
by
CRC Press
296 Pages
57 B/W Illustrations
by
CRC Press
296 Pages
by
CRC Press
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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 are twice as old, or more, than a literal reading... Read more
Molecular Clocks: Whence and Whither. Molecular Clocks and a Biological Trigger for Neoproterozoic Snowball Earth Events and the Cambrian Explosion. Phylogenetic Fuses and Evolutionary 'Explosions': Conflicting Evidence and Critical Tests. The Quality of the Fossil Record. Ghost Ranges. Episodic Evolution of Nuclear Small Subunit Ribosomal RNA Gene in the Stem-lineage of Foraminifera. Dating the Origin of Land Plants. Angiosperm Divergence Times: Congruence and Incongruence Between Fossils and Sequence Divergence Estimates. The Limitations of the Fossil Record and the Dating of the Origin of the Bilateria. The Origin and Early Evolution of Chordates: Molecular Clocks and the Fossil Record. Bones, Molecules and Crown-tetrapod Origins. The Fossil record and Molecular Clocks: Basal Radiations within the Neornithes.
Biography
Philip C. J. Donoghue, M. Paul Smith
