Early metazoan divergence was about 830 million years ago

被引：75

作者：

Xun, G ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] Penn State Univ, Inst Mol Evolut Genet, University Pk, PA 16802 USA

[2] Penn State Univ, Dept Biol, University Pk, PA 16802 USA

来源：

JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR EVOLUTION | 1998年 / 47卷 / 03期

关键词：

molecular clock; divergence time estimation; cambrian explosion; triploblastic metazon divergence;

D O I：

10.1007/PL00013150

中图分类号：

Q5 [生物化学]; Q7 [分子生物学];

学科分类号：

071010 ; 081704 ;

摘要：

From a total of 22 nuclear genes, we estimate that the divergence time between Drosophila and vertebrates was about 830 million years ago (mya), which is significantly (1% level) earlier than the Cambrian explosion indicated by the early triploblastic fossils (<600 mya).

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