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单词 molecular clock
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molecular clock

noun Genetics
The average rate at which a species' genome accumulates mutations, used to measure their evolutionary divergence and in other calculations.Here, we discuss the usefulness and limitations of molecular clocks in studying avian evolution, with emphasis on the use of an accurate calibration point....
  • The majority of the fossils used for calibration of avian molecular clocks have uncertain phylogenetic relationships.
  • Divergence times of living species, estimated from molecular clocks, have the potential to constrain hypotheses of the relationships of fossil species.
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