Rectifying long-standing misconceptions about the ρ statistic for molecular dating

• Vincent Macaulay,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Software, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation School of Mathematics and Statistics, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, United Kingdom

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• Pedro Soares ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Software, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: pedrosoares@bio.uminho.pt

  Affiliations CBMA (Centre of Molecular and Environmental Biology), Department of Biology, University of Minho, Campus de Gualtar, Braga, Portugal, Institute of Science and Innovation for Bio-Sustainability (IB-S), University of Minho, Campus de Gualtar, Braga, Portugal, Instituto de Patologia e Imunologia Molecular da Universidade do Porto (IPATIMUP), Porto, Portugal

  http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2807-690X

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• Martin B. Richards

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Project administration, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, School of Applied Sciences, University of Huddersfield, Queensgate, Huddersfield, United Kingdom

  http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3118-0967

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