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Index of Subjects ------=_Part_14033_30113866.1214829140831 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline No, not intentionally. Sorry if I've offended you (are you a molecular biologist?). Taxonomy is a science fraught with lumping, splitting and other recategorizing. I'm hoping that one day we'll get it right, but there is a lot of see-sawing (even before the molecular folks came on line), so when someone claims to now *know* the answer, or summarily dismiss someone else's work, I'm sceptical. Molecular biology is a powerful tool, I'm collaborating with more than one in my own work right now. Randy 2008/6/28 Stephen Shaw <srshaw@dal.ca>: > I guess you're just being provocative, Randy? > Steve > > > Quoting Randy Lauff <randy.lauff@gmail.com>: > >> Y'know, we hear this every few years, especially since the molecular >> people >> ("gene jockeys") got their hands on birds' DNA. >> >> "Second, much of bird classification and conventional wisdom on the >> evolutionary relationships of birds is wrong." >> >> Possibly so. But that doesn't mean that what these authors are proposing >> is >> correct. Or even better. Just wait...in two years, a new technique will >> come >> on board and we'll have another complete revision. >> >> Randy >> Antigonish Co. >> 2008/6/27 Wild Flora <herself@wildflora.com>: >> > > > -- Randy _________________________________ RF Lauff Way in the boonies of Antigonish County, NS. ------=_Part_14033_30113866.1214829140831 Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline <div>No, not intentionally. Sorry if I've offended you (are you a molecular biologist?). Taxonomy is a science fraught with lumping, splitting and other recategorizing. I'm hoping that one day we'll get it right, but there is a lot of see-sawing (even before the molecular folks came on line), so when someone claims to now *know* the answer, or summarily dismiss someone else's work, I'm sceptical.</div> <div> </div> <div>Molecular biology is a powerful tool, I'm collaborating with more than one in my own work right now.</div> <div> </div> <div>Randy</div> <div><br> </div> <div class="gmail_quote">2008/6/28 Stephen Shaw <srshaw@dal.ca>:<br> <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="PADDING-LEFT: 1ex; MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; BORDER-LEFT: #ccc 1px solid">I guess you're just being provocative, Randy?<br>Steve <div> <div></div> <div class="Wj3C7c"><br><br>Quoting Randy Lauff <randy.lauff@gmail.com>:<br> <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="PADDING-LEFT: 1ex; MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; BORDER-LEFT: #ccc 1px solid">Y'know, we hear this every few years, especially since the molecular people<br>("gene jockeys") got their hands on birds' DNA.<br> <br>"Second, much of bird classification and conventional wisdom on the<br>evolutionary relationships of birds is wrong."<br><br>Possibly so. But that doesn't mean that what these authors are proposing is<br> correct. Or even better. Just wait...in two years, a new technique will come<br>on board and we'll have another complete revision.<br><br>Randy<br>Antigonish Co.<br>2008/6/27 Wild Flora <herself@wildflora.com>:<br> </blockquote><br><br></div></div></blockquote></div><br><br clear="all"><br>-- <br>Randy<br>_________________________________<br>RF Lauff<br>Way in the boonies of<br>Antigonish County, NS. ------=_Part_14033_30113866.1214829140831--
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