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Molecular Clock Hypothesis

The Molecular Clock Hypothesis is a theoretical framework in evolutionary biology positing that nucleotide or amino acid substitutions accumulate at a relatively constant rate over time, enabling the estimation of divergence times between species based on molecular sequence differences.

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Genomics and epidemiology of the P.1 SARS-CoV-2 lineage in Manaus, Brazil

Nuno R. Faria, Thomas A. Mellan, Charles Whittaker et al. · Science · 2021 · 1.5K citations · Full text

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Body size, metabolic rate, generation time, and the molecular clock.

A. P. Martin, Stephen R. Palumbi · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 1993 · 1.3K citations

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The causes of molecular evolution

Choice Reviews Online · 1992 · 1.2K citations

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Simple methods for testing the molecular evolutionary clock hypothesis.

Fumio Tajima · Genetics · 1993 · 963 citations · Full text

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Phylogenetic test of the molecular clock and linearized trees.

Naoko Takezaki, Andrey Rzhetsky, M Nei · Molecular Biology and Evolution · 1995 · 839 citations · Full text

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    Wen‐Hsiung Li

    University of Chicago, United States

    9 publications · 1.3K citations

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  2. HK
    Hirohisa Kishino

    The University of Tokyo, Japan

    5 publications · 522 citations

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  3. FJ
    Francisco J. Ayala

    University of California, Irvine, United States

    5 publications · 336 citations

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  4. SY
    Simon Y. W. Ho

    The University of Sydney, Australia

    5 publications · 574 citations

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  5. SH
    Shi Huang

    University of Miami, United States

    6 publications · 112 citations

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  1. University of California, Davis

    Davis, United States

    9 h-index

    17 publications

    1.4K citations

  2. Columbia University

    New York, United States

    9 h-index

    20 publications

    1.6K citations

  3. Pennsylvania State University

    State College, United States

    8 h-index

    13 publications

    4.9K citations

  4. Chinese Academy of Sciences

    Beijing, China

    7 h-index

    25 publications

    2.5K citations

  5. The University of Sydney

    Sydney, Australia

    6 h-index

    9 publications

    1.1K citations

  6. University of California, Berkeley

    Berkeley, United States

    6 h-index

    15 publications

    1.5K citations

  7. KU Leuven

    Leuven, Belgium

    6 h-index

    17 publications

    7.1K citations

  8. Harvard University

    Cambridge, United States

    6 h-index

    11 publications

    2.6K citations

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  1. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

    PNAS · 30 publications · 6K citations

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  2. Molecular Biology and Evolution

    MBE · 25 publications · 3K citations

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  3. Journal of Molecular Evolution

    15 publications · 1.4K citations

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  4. Systematic Biology

    12 publications · 1.1K citations

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  5. Evolution

    10 publications · 554 citations

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