Statistics of divergence times

Haubold, B.; Wiehe, T.

doi:10.1093/oxfordjournals.molbev.a003902

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Statistics of divergence times

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Haubold, B.
Group of Genetics and Evolution, MPI for Chemical Ecology, Max Planck Society;

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Wiehe, T.
Group of Genetics and Evolution, MPI for Chemical Ecology, Max Planck Society;

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Haubold, B., & Wiehe, T. (2001). Statistics of divergence times. Molecular Biology and Evolution, 18(7), 1157-1160. doi:10.1093/oxfordjournals.molbev.a003902.

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Abstract

Given the number of nucleotide substitutions between two species (K) and the substitution rate nu, the expectation of the corresponding divergence time is usually calculated as K/(2 nu). This is strictly true only if nu is regarded as a constant because