[Taxacom] barcode of life

[Oconnor, Barry]

Thus, the debate among the philosophers. - Barry

-So many mites, so little time!

Barry M. OConnor                    phone: 734-763-4354
Curator & Professor                 fax: 734-763-4080
Museum of Zoology                 e-mail: bmoc at umich.edu
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On 7/1/10 10:59 AM, "Paul Kirk" <p.kirk at cabi.org> wrote:

organisms are real, museum/herbarium specimens are real, DNA is real ...
species are in the same category as genera ... they are just closer to
the real organism in the hierarchy.

Paul


Hi Steve,
The possible reason is that species are real, and that all categories
from genera on up the hierarchy represent human imagination.
Robin