Molecular clock
Description
When genes accumulate neutral mutations at a reliable rate over time, they can be used to calculate evolutionary events. A molecular clock is a technique used to estimate the point in time where two lineages diverged from a common ancestor.
Acknowledgements
References
Ho SY, Duchêne S. Molecular-clock methods for estimating evolutionary rates and timescales. Mol Ecol. 2014 Dec;23(24):5947-65. doi: 10.1111/mec.12953. Epub 2014 Oct 30. PMID: 25290107.
https://evolution.berkeley.edu/molecular-clocks/
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