Aug 1, 2013 · Estimating divergence times among species or lineages using molecular sequence data, commonly referred to as molecular dating, has now become a commonplace tool for …

Jan 19, 2021 · Molecular dating uses numerical, semiparametric, or fully parametric methods, combined with independent information about molecular rates or, more commonly, time …

Dec 3, 2022 · We analyzed 23 empirical phylogenomic datasets to investigate the performance of two commonly employed fast dating methodologies: penalized likelihood (PL), implemented in …

The aim of this review is to open the 'black box' of Bayesian molecular dating and have a look at the machinery inside. We explain the components of these dating methods, the important …

Molecular dating requires a set of homologous genetic sequences (all related by descent from a single ancestral sequence), a method for inferring the number of changes that have occurred …

Sep 10, 2015 · In recent decades, molecular dating has become an important component of phytogeographic studies because the establishment of an evolutionary timescale enables the …

Molecular dating goes beyond standard phylogenetic reconstruction by separating rates of molecular evolution from actual (i.e., calendar) times. Separating rates and times requires …

Jan 1, 2023 · Molecular dating has been widely used to infer the times of past evolutionary events using molecular sequences. This paper describes three bootstrap methods to infer confidence …

Jan 19, 2021 · We explain the main components of Bayesian molecular dating, including the specification of the time prior incorporating fossil calibrations, the specification of the rate prior …

Confidence in molecular dating analyses has grown with the increasing sophistication of the methods. Some problematic cases where molecular dates disagreed with paleontological …