| Literature DB >> 26404820 |
Joel Cracraft1, Peter Houde2, Simon Y W Ho3, David P Mindell4, Jon Fjeldså5, Bent Lindow6, Scott V Edwards7, Carsten Rahbek8, Siavash Mirarab9, Tandy Warnow10, M Thomas P Gilbert11, Guojie Zhang12, Edward L Braun13, Erich D Jarvis14.
Abstract
Mitchell et al. argue that divergence-time estimates for our avian phylogeny were too young because of an "inappropriate" maximum age constraint for the most recent common ancestor of modern birds and that, as a result, most modern bird orders diverged before the Cretaceous-Paleogene mass extinction event 66 million years ago instead of after. However, their interpretations of the fossil record and timetrees are incorrect.Mesh：
Year: 2015 PMID： 26404820 DOI： 10.1126/science.aab1578
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Science ISSN： 0036-8075 Impact factor: 47.728