[Taxacom] DNA contamination

[Jason Mate]

I start a motion to have all ape genetic work carried out robots. Until that day comes we will forget about the subject and talk about the other 99.99999999% of biodiversity.
best
Jason

> Date: Fri, 1 Apr 2011 08:44:02 -0400
> From: jgrehan at sciencebuff.org
> To: taxacom at mailman.nhm.ku.edu
> Subject: Re: [Taxacom] DNA contamination
> 
> 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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