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Posted by: RSNewton at Sun Sep 21 17:30:50 2003 [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by RSNewton ] Even without any monetary incentive, there is currently no shortage of new names for old taxa. According to some species concepts, a difference of a single character is enough for a new species to be recognized. It isn't hard to find differences as small as this, especially since molecular techniques are widely employed. The result is a plethora of new names for old taxa. Old American taxa such as Elaphe guttata, Sceloporus graciosus and Charina bottae are being splintered simply because some scientists do not know what a species is. A species is not a mtDNA lineage. [ Hide Replies ]
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