Re: Random Samples

[David Marjanovic <david.marjanovic@gmx.at>]

> BIRDS, BATS, AND BAR CODES
> Fifteen bird species have been newly discovered by a DNA identification 
> technique called bar coding, researchers reported online 19 February in 
> Molecular Ecology Notes. They've also uncovered six new bat species in 
> bat-rich Guyana. [...]

Well.

Barcoding works much better than I'd have thought, but still, it forces a 
phenetic species concept upon everyone. Cases where such a concept does not 
lead to the same results as other concepts have been published in Systematic 
Biology, where much of the discussion on DNA barcoding has taken place over 
the last year or two.

Never forget that, depending on the species concept, there are between 101 
and 249 endemic bird species in Mexico. (Source: Yann Bertrand's talk at the 
2nd PhyloCode meeting in July.)