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Strong mitochondrial DNA support for a Cretaceous origin of modern avian lineages
BACKGROUND: Determining an absolute timescale for avian evolutionary history has proven contentious. The two sources of information available, paleontological data and inference from extant molecular genetic sequences (colloquially, 'rocks' and 'clocks'), have appeared irreconcil...
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BioMed Central
2008
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2267772/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18226223 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1741-7007-6-6 |