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DNA-based nomenclature

From: "Peter Boyce" p.boyce at rbgkew.org.uk> on 2001.06.25 at 20:48:06(6878)
I hope it will be a cold day in Hell when DNA is the sole-providing
factor for forming species. I can forsee the pocket DNA-sequencer
that the botanists of the late 21 century will have to take to the field
in order to put a name on the plants being collected. How
DEPRESSING.
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