[Taxacom] Taxonomic haves/have nots

[Sergio Vargas]

Hi,

> Now then, where feasible, shouldn't many of the taxonomists doing new species descriptions be
> encouraged to at least preserve voucher tissue for DNA work from their new species?
> If for example the morphologists in question cant do molecular studies for whatever reason, surely it is
> still useful for them to be encouraged make the material available to future DNA work.

> This could easily become a standard recommendation of reviewers or editors.

I agree, the problem seem to be the cost of storing the tissue... I
also think that reviewers and editors should encourage authors of
molecular studies to deposit voucher material in a museum, or to give
the catalog number of the specimen always as a genbank feature because
this information in not always available, and tracing the author of a
sequence is really difficult.

cheers

sergio

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Molecular Geo- and Palaeobiology Lab.
Dept. of Geo- & Environmental Sciences, Palaeontology and Geobiology
LMU München
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