ICZN and Systematics in the waves

[Donat Agosti]

Andy Polaszek, secretary of the ICZN, gave recently (January 11) a very
nice, enthusiastic interview on Swiss Radio (to listen go to
http://www.drs.ch/drsonline/index.cfm?gbAction=r04SendungsAnzeige&Catego
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2006, or http://www.drs.ch/drs2kontext.html and select the date). He
makes an excellent point for systematics, the use of DNA, the importance
of new digital tools and ZooBank.
It's a good case for the renaissance of our field.

Although in German, many parts of the original interview are in English.

Donat

Dr. Donat Agosti
Research Associate, American Museum of Natural History and Smithsonian
Institution

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