Theoretical foundation of the RelTime method for estimating divergence times from variable evolutionary rates
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1Department of Biological Sciences, Tokyo Metropolitan University, Hachioji, Tokyo, Japan 2Research Center for Genomics and Bioinformatics, Tokyo Metropolitan University, Hachioji, Tokyo, Japan 3Institute for Genomics and Evolutionary Medicine, Temple University 4Department of Biology, Temple University 5Center for Excellence in Genome Medicine and Research, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
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