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  2. Laboratory of Biometrics, Graduate School of Agriculture and Life Sciences, University of Tokyo, Yayoi 1-1-1, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, 113-8657, Japan

    Hirohisa Kishino

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Thorne, J.L., Kishino, H. (2005). Estimation of Divergence Times from Molecular Sequence Data. In: Statistical Methods in Molecular Evolution. Statistics for Biology and Health. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/0-387-27733-1_8

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