[Taxacom] When electing a neotype, how to define the other gender

[Raymond Hoser - The Snakeman]

This is a rare occasion you talk sense Wolfgang Wuster, but I am surprised you are talking about changing the rules of nomenclature considering you are a serial offender at acting in breach of them and recently wrote a piece telling others to engage in mass disobedience to the Code!
 
Staying on topic, I might add that there are a number of other hazards in terms of relying solely on molecular material and sequences as holotype material, not the least being the not unheard of situation of samples getting mixed up or otherwise confused.
 
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> From: w.wuster at bangor.ac.uk
> To: scott.thomson321 at gmail.com; taxacom at mailman.nhm.ku.edu
> Date: Tue, 1 Oct 2013 09:40:37 +0000
> Subject: Re: [Taxacom] When electing a neotype, how to define the other gender
> 
> The suggestion that "Genbank sequence = no need for a neotype" is not necessarily quite so straightforward. For instance, if the only available sequences are mitochondrial (as is often the case), but there is a possibility of intergrades/hybrids, then the designation of a neotype may well be required to establish the status of the taxon. Clearly this will depend on the individual situation and the nature of the available data - in some cases, I am sure a GenBank sequence will suffice, but not always.
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> Cheers,
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> Wolfgang
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: taxacom-bounces at mailman.nhm.ku.edu [mailto:taxacom-bounces at mailman.nhm.ku.edu] On Behalf Of Scott Thomson
> Sent: 01 October 2013 10:14
> To: taxacom at mailman.nhm.ku.edu
> Subject: Re: [Taxacom] When electing a neotype, how to define the other gender
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> Anyway I had a question that follows on from Doug's point on Neotypes and
> modern DNA techniques. Hypothetically, if a recently described species has
> a holotype that had been sequenced and this sequence is now on GenBank or
> something and that type is subsequently lost wouldn't it be the case that
> it is unlikely a neotype could be justified since its sequence would still
> survive and could be compared to other specimens if needed. Although the
> specimen would be physically lost I would think that under these
> circumstances that sequence data would be enough to avoid taxonomic
> confusion hence the application of names would still be fairly clear?
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