title: Tempo and mode of evolution revealed from molecular phylogenies.
abstract: The analysis of the tempo and mode of evolution has a strong tradition in paleontology. Recent advances in molecular phylogenetic reconstruction make it possible to complement this work by using data from extant species.
authors.affiliation: Department of Zoology, University of Oxford, United Kingdom.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Nee
authors.forename: A O
authors.initials: AO
authors.lastname: Mooers
authors.forename: P H
authors.initials: PH
authors.lastname: Harvey
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D005075:Biological Evolution; D001717:Birds / Q000235:genetics*; D001835:Body Weight; D010802:Phylogeny