[Taxacom] describing species based on DNA sequences alone

[Fred Schueler]

On 1/16/2017 8:33 AM, Scott Thomson wrote:

> Sorry, I have to repeat myself – naming species without a morphological
> analysis IS NOT THE SAME as actually performing such an analysis and NOT
> FINDING any useful features that can be included in an actually working
> differential diagnosis.
>
> No it is not, but my argument is that at this point you need to keep
> looking.

* at the bottom of the scale, one can read papers in which a comparison 
of body lengths counts as a 'morphological analysis.'

fred.
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