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This document discusses using chloroplast rbcL gene sequences to estimate the age of extant Ephedra species. Relative rate tests failed to reject equal rates of nucleotide substitution among Ephedra, Pinaceae, and Ginkgo lineages. Using three divergence events as calibration points, the estimated age of extant Ephedra is 8-32 million years, consistent with their current distribution in recent habitats and difficulties identifying older Ephedra pollen fossils.
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