Sentence examples for used a molecular clock from inspiring English sources

Instead, they used a "molecular clock".

Stoneking's team used a molecular clock to time how long ago the lice species separated.

The strain of virus responsible for nearly all cases of AIDS first appeared in the 1930s, say scientists who used a "molecular clock" to date the origin of HIV.

To estimate the age of the A111T mutation, we used a molecular clock approach.

Furthermore, we used a molecular clock approach to evaluate the evolutionary time frame of diversification in phyllostomid bats.

To estimate the divergence between E. lineata and N. vectensis, we used a molecular clock approach based on the published multi-gene alignment of Erwin et al. [ 48].

Phylogeneticists often use a molecular clock analysis to determine the approximate timing of events on trees.

The authors are aware that estimates of diversification times using a molecular clock can be subject to considerable levels of error.

So scientists have managed to use a molecular clock approach on the genomes of lice to estimate when humans might have begun to use clothing (e.g., Kittler et al. 2003; Toups et al. 2011).

The new study used the genetic information to arrange the branches on the family tree of placental mammals but didn't use a molecular clock inferred from rates of mutation to determine when the various branches first appeared, Yoder says.

Using a molecular clock based on differences in the genomes to calculate when coyotes and gray wolves split, the team got a surprise: These canids separated from the Eurasian wolf and into two distinct lineages between 6000 and 117,000 years ago.