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Date: Mon, 15 Aug 2005 11:07:30 -0400
From: Kevin de Queiroz <Dequeiroz.Kevin@NMNH.SI.EDU>
To: phylocode@ouvaxa.cats.ohiou.edu
Subject: Dick Olmstead's message/Articles in American Scientist
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Thanks to Dick Olmstead for letting the list know about the article on the
PhyloCode in the American Scientist. I tried to attach to an earlier
message a pdf of the article (by Roger Harris) as well as one of a message
from the President (Lynn Margulis) that criticizes the PhyloCode, but
apparently they exceeded the file size limit for this list. I should also
mention that I have sent a letter to the American Scientist trying to
clarify both Harris' point that the traditional rank-based approach was
developed by Linnaeus and Margulis' criticism that the PhyloCode assumes an
inappropriate model of evolutionary trees. As background for the first
point, I also tried to send a separate message with a recently published
paper comparing nomenclature as it was practiced by Linnaeus and other 18th
century naturalists with both rank-based and phylogenetic nomenclature, but
this also exceeded the limit. If we are able to increase the size limit, I
will try to resend these pdfs at a later time.
Kevin
15 Aug 2005
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