Article
Rate variation of protein and mitochondrial DNA evolution as revealed by sea urchins separated by the isthmus of Panama.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America - 1 Apr 1993
Bermingham E, Lessios H A
Abstract excerpt
Acceptance of the rough constancy of rates of molecular evolution, averaged over tens of millions of years, is widely used to date the splitting between taxa. However, for the study of speciation a hypothesis of rough constancy over tens of millions of years is of little use. In order to date the...
Topics
- Animals
- Biological Evolution
- DNA, Mitochondrial
- Genetic Variation
- Geography
- Panama
- Polymorphism, Restriction Fragment Length
- Proteins
- Sea Urchins
- Seawater
- Species Specificity