Telling the evolutionary time : molecular clocks and the fossil record / edited by Philip C.J. Donoghue and M. Paul Smith.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Donoghue, Philip C. J., 1971-

Smith, M. Paul, 1959-

Series:

Systematics Association special volume ; no. 66.

The Systematics Association special volume series ; 66

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Evolutionary paleobiology.

Physical Description:

viii, 288 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm.

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Taylor & Francis, [2003]

Summary:

This text represents a discussion between molecular biologists and palaeontologists in which they investigate the significance of competing sources of data, explain the nature of molecular clocks and the fossil record, and develop compromise models that incorporate conflicting opinions.

Contents:

Introduction: molecular clocks and the fossil record - towards consilience? / Philip C.J. Donoghue, M. Paul Smith 1

1 Molecular clocks: whence and whither? / Francisco Rodriguez-Trelles, Rosa Tarrio, Francisco J. Ayala 5

2 Molecular clocks and a biological trigger for Neoproterozoic Snowball Earth events and the Cambrian explosion / S. Blair Hedges 27

3 Phylogenetic fuses and evolutionary 'explosions': conflicting evidence and critical tests / Richard A. Fortey, Jennifer Jackson, Jan Strugnell 41

4 The quality of the fossil record / Michael J. Benton 66

5 Ghost ranges / Christopher R.C. Paul 91

6 Episodic evolution of nuclear small subunit ribosomal RNA gene in the stem-lineage of Foraminifera / Jan Pawlowski, Cedric Berney 107

7 Dating the origin of land plants / Charles H. Wellman 119

8 Angiosperm divergence times: congruence and incongruence between fossils and sequence divergence estimates / Niklas Wikstrom, Vincent Savolainen, Mark W. Chase 142

9 The limitations of the fossil record and the dating of the origin of the Bilateria / Graham E. Budd, Soren Jensen 166

10 The origin and early evolution of chordates: molecular clocks and the fossil record / Philip C.J. Donoghue, M. Paul Smith, Ivan J. Sansom 190

11 Bones, molecules, and crown-tetrapod origins / Marcello Ruta, Michael I. Coates 224

12 The fossil record and molecular clocks: basal radiations within the Neornithes / Gareth J. Dyke 263.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0415275245

OCLC:

58466643