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RE: Speaking of subspecies...

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Posted by: gila91 at Fri May 19 21:05:29 2006  [ Report Abuse ] [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by gila91 ]  
   

My understanding is that there were too few alvarezi samples in that study to be anywhere near definitive.

This was made a moot point in Beck's book. The study referenced there (Douglas, et. al., 2003) Douglas, Beck, and Sullivan found evidence that seems to show a greater divergence between the H. horridum subspecies than what is typical of full species. I personally don't think they qualify as full species, but the currently designated subspecies should remain intact.

>>According to DNA testing done by Dr Michael Forstner they are the same.
>>I suspect more points need to be examined for a good comparison.
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