BSC

[Bill Shear]

>I think of the BSC as the "Bogus Species Concept"; there is a certain
>elegance to the basic idea, but in practice the failure to realize that the
>ability to interbreed does not correlate with gene flow renders the concept
>untenable even with vertebrates, much less with plants and a whole lot of
>other "ill-behaved" organisms.

Curtis, can you elaborate?  I have to confess that I do not understand your
point.

Bill Shear
Department of Biology
Hampden-Sydney College
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