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Theoretical size distribution of fossil taxa: analysis of a null model

BACKGROUND: This article deals with the theoretical size distribution (of number of sub-taxa) of a fossil taxon arising from a simple null model of macroevolution. MODEL: New species arise through speciations occurring independently and at random at a fixed probability rate, while extinctions either...

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Autores principales: Reed, William J, Hughes, Barry D
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2007
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1845141/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17376249
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1742-4682-4-12