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Re: The name game
Having faint contact with professional taxonomists who understand cladistics
as well as morphology, I think that genetic mapping is only another tool to
help understand how life forms have changed as well as remained constant. I
once heard Edward Ayensu describe how it had been necessary to use a scanning
electron microscope to find a single morphological difference between two
species of orchids which had been considered different species on the basis
of geographical separation. There might have been arguments without the use
of mid-twentieth century technology. It is very likely that those two
species will have almost genomes.
If you want to watch lumpers and splitters go to the past publications about
the genus Rhododendron. That provides entertainment for a very intelligent
friend of mine who fully understands the arguments each time. She doesn't
always agree, but she doesn't make up her mind on nonscientific criteria,
either.
Barbara
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