crocodile tears

[Thomas Lammers]

At 08:59 AM 2/5/00 -0800, you wrote:

>It's not that molecular biology and computer analyses shouldn't be
>done, but rather policy changes that would reverse the trend of putting too
>many eggs in the molecular and computer baskets, while neglecting good
>old-fashioned taxonomic expertise (which forms the foundation on which the
>rest of biological endeavors are built).

Golly, that sounds familiar!

; - )

(cf. Syst. Bot. 24: 494-496. 1999).

Puckishly,


Thomas G. Lammers, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor and Curator of the Herbarium (OSH)
Department of Biology and Microbiology
University of Wisconsin Oshkosh
Oshkosh, Wisconsin 54901-8640 USA

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Plant systematics; classification, nomenclature, evolution, and
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