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The Timetree of Prokaryotes: New Insights into Their Evolution and Speciation.
Molecular biology and evolution - 1 Feb 2017
Marin Julie, Battistuzzi Fabia U, Brown Anais C, Hedges S Blair
Abstract excerpt
The increasing size of timetrees in recent years has led to a focus on diversification analyses to better understand patterns of macroevolution. Thus far, nearly all studies have been conducted with eukaryotes primarily because phylogenies have been more difficult to reconstruct and calibrate to geologic time in prokaryotes. Here, we have estimated a timetree of 11,784 'species' of prokaryotes and explored their...
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