subspecies

[Bill Shear]

No flames for either Doug or Dick.  I agree with their viewpoints.

I also agree with arguments that the PSC is simply the BSC reworded.  What
sets a monophyletic lineage off from others?  Reproductive isolation.  In
both cases, this has the benefit of providing us with a hypothetical
explanation as to WHY there are species--to protect coadapted gene pools.

Down with subspecies, a relict of the old typological days.

Bill Shear
Department of Biology
Hampden-Sydney College
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