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A molecular timescale of eukaryote evolution and the rise of complex multicellular life.
BMC evolutionary biology - 28 Jan 2004
Hedges S Blair, Blair Jaime E, Venturi Maria L, Shoe Jason L
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BACKGROUND: The pattern and timing of the rise in complex multicellular life during Earth's history has not been established. Great disparity persists between the pattern suggested by the fossil record and that estimated by molecular clocks, especially for plants, animals, fungi, and the deepest branches of the eukaryote tree. Here, we used all available protein sequence data and molecular clock methods to place...
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