[Taxacom] DNA contamination

[John Grehan]

I have to say its nice to see that there is internal critique of molecular methods even if no one wants to suggest that maybe there is reason not to assume that 'robust' molecular phylogenies falsify morphogenetic incongruence.

John Grehan

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This only deals with one aspect with the other major problem being  
"the sequence deposited", "the name associated with it" and "what it  
really was". The other one to read is:

http://journals.sfu.ca/sigen/index.php/sigen/article/viewArticle/sigs.972221

Brian

Quoting Lynn Raw <lynn at afriherp.org>:

> I presume that most people on the Taxacom list are aware of this  
> paper -  
> http://www.plosone.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0016410  
> .
>
> I was wondering if contamination is a more general problem affecting  
> molecular phylogenies. It might explain one that I saw with an  
> African species nested within a set of apparently unrelated North  
> American species.
>
> Lynn Raw
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