[Taxacom] FW: DNA only descriptions

[Stephen Thorpe]

>How many field guides are based on the original species descriptions?
wrong question - you mean how many are based on (external) morphology? Answer: 
all of them ...




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From: Curtis Clark <lists at curtisclark.org>
To: taxacom at mailman.nhm.ku.edu
Sent: Mon, 16 August, 2010 12:09:47 PM
Subject: Re: [Taxacom] FW: DNA only descriptions

On 8/15/2010 4:54 PM, Tom Schweich wrote:
> Can you imagine an edition of Peterson's Western Birds containing only
> DNA descriptions ?  How about usage in the field as a reason to have a
> morphological description?
>
>    
How many field guides are based on the original species descriptions?

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