[Taxacom] molecular species description

[Geoff Read]

Stephen Thorpe <s.thorpe at auckland.ac.nz> 08/07/09 9:43 PM wrote:
"Sounds a bit "dodgy" to me! Anyway, without naming names, I heard a
VERY negative critique of his work on this from someone who is a
MOLECULAR taxonomist on these critters!"

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That's hearsay, and very probably defamatory. It's easy to glibly dash off
a comment like that, but it's just empty words without factual basis. This
person simply continued his work with the benefit of a better method. 
It's published and peer reviewed. End of story until the next person
tackles the 'are they species or not' problem (which looks complex).

Geoff

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Geoffrey B. Read, Ph.D.
Wellington, NEW ZEALAND
gread at actrix.gen.nz

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Geoffrey B. Read, Ph.D.
Wellington, NEW ZEALAND
gread at actrix.gen.nz