[Taxacom] General call to collaboration

[David Campbell]

As a paleontologist (who also does DNA work on modern taxa), I would point
out that not all taxa are amenable to molecular analysis.  Barcodes are
useful in many taxa (and better as a diagnosis than the genus name based on
length of ITS1), but far from inerrant - certain groups of snails have
unexplained divergent mitochondrial sequences, for example.


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Dr. David Campbell
Associate Professor, Geology
Department of Natural Sciences
110 S Main St, #7270
Gardner-Webb University
Boiling Springs NC 28017