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Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• O'Leary, Maureen A
• Bloch, Jonathan I
• Flynn, John J
• Gaudin, Timothy J
• Giallombardo, Andres
• Giannini, Norberto P
• Goldberg, Suzann L
• Kraatz, Brian P
• Luo, Zhe-Xi
• Meng, Jin
• Ni, Xijun
• Novacek, Michael J
• Perini, Fernando A
• Randall, Zachary
• Rougier, Guillermo W
• Sargis, Eric J
• Silcox, Mary T
• Simmons, Nancy B
• Spaulding, Michelle
• Velazco, Paúl M
• Weksler, Marcelo
• Wible, John R
• Cirranello, Andrea L

Titel

Response to comment on "The placental mammal ancestor and the post-K-Pg radiation of placentals"

Ist Teil von

• Science (American Association for the Advancement of Science), 2013-08, Vol.341 (6146), p.613-613

Ort / Verlag

United States: The American Association for the Advancement of Science

Erscheinungsjahr

2013

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Quelle

American Association for the Advancement of Science

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• Tree-building with diverse data maximizes explanatory power. Application of molecular clock models to ancient speciation events risks a bias against detection of fast radiations subsequent to the Cretaceous-Paleogene (K-Pg) event. Contrary to Springer et al., post-K-Pg placental diversification does not require "virus-like" substitution rates. Even constraining clade ages to their model, the explosive model best explains placental evolution.