A lack of diversity among systematists?

[Richard Jensen]

Tom Lammers, a frequent contributer to Taxacom, has written what I believe
to be an excellent short essay decrying the sway that molecular
systematics has come to hold on everyone's perception of our discipline.
He is not attacking molecular systematics, which is one of our most
powerful tools, but he is expressing concern that its dominance is a
danger to the health of our science.

If you are interested in reading his essay, it can be found in the latest
issue of Systematic Botany:

        Lammers, T. G. 1999. Plant systematics today: all our eggs in
                one basket? Systematic Botany 24: 494-496.

This commentary had its origin as a taxacom posting (now buried somewhere
in the archives).

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