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Growing up with dinosaurs: molecular dates and the mammalian radiation
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Dates of divergence derived from molecular data have been used to place the beginning of the radiation of modern mammalian orders in the Cretaceous, long before the final extinction of the dinosaurs. These molecular dates have been used to challenge the idea that the ordinal diversification of mammals was triggered by the availability of 'empty niches' left vacant by the disappearance of the dinosaurs. However, the broad discrepancies between molecular date estimates from different studies warn that molecular dates should not be accepted uncritically. Consideration of the wide confidence intervals around molecular date estimates, and the potential for geographic bias in the fossil record, could lessen the discrepancy between molecular and palaeontological data but might still prompt a re-evaluation of the timing and causes of the mammalian radiation.
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“Deeper molecular dates are actually expected, because the fossil record documents only the first appearance of a morphologically recognizable (crown) group and not the actual time of genetic divergence (51).”
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“The choice of calibration date is crucial to the accuracy of molecular dates, as shown by the difference in date estimates from studies using the same data and methods but different calibration dates 48 .”
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“Problems with the accuracy and precision of molecular clocks can be demonstrated by comparing studies that use different genes, calibrations or methods, and produce different date estimates for the same divergence 48 .”
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Metadata
- Authors
- Bromham, L., Phillips, M. J., & Penny, D.
- Affiliations
- The University of Queensland (AU)
- Massey University (NZ)
- Corresponding author
- Bromham, Lindell
- Phillips, Matthew J.
- Penny, David
- Venue
- Trends in Ecology & Evolution
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 1999-03
- Volume
- 14
- Issue
- 3
- Pages
- 113-118
- ISSN
- 0169-5347 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W2152400281
- Cited by
- 127
- References
- 48
- Citations by year
- 2026: 2 · 2024: 1 · 2023: 2 · 2021: 1 · 2019: 1 · 2018: 1 · 2017: 2 · 2015: 4 · 2014: 2 · 2013: 5 · 2012: 4
- FWCI
- 2.06
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- bronze
- doi.org
- Locations
- Trends in Ecology & Evolution (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- reroDoc Digital Library (submittedVersion)
- Figshare (submittedVersion, cc-by)
- Funders
- Marsden Fund
- Topics
- Physical Sciences › Earth and Planetary Sciences › Paleontology › Evolution and Paleontology Studies
- Physical Sciences › Earth and Planetary Sciences › Paleontology › Paleontology and Evolutionary Biology
- Life Sciences › Agricultural and Biological Sciences › Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics › Plant Diversity and Evolution
- Keywords
- mammalian radiation, divergence time estimation, divergence time, Cretaceous, dinosaur extinction, fossil record bias, mammalian evolution
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