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Great necessities, baffling priorities, and taxonomic leadership
Perhaps the reasons for prioritizing DNA sequences, rather than pursuing them alongside traditional sources of evidence, are baffling not because they…
Jun 8
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Quentin Wheeler PhD
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Great necessities, baffling priorities, and taxonomic leadership
Perhaps the reasons for prioritizing DNA sequences, rather than pursuing them alongside traditional sources of evidence, are baffling not because they…
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May 2025
2058: A Terrible Parable
Unless we change course, returning support to taxonomy as an independent science, we risk a future of biodiversity decimation and permanent ignorance…
May 19
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Quentin Wheeler PhD
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2058: A Terrible Parable
Imagine it’s the year 2058...
May 19
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DNA barcodes, morphology, and a damned dog
Making species identifiable is not making species known
May 13
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Quentin Wheeler PhD
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DNA barcodes, morphology, and a damned dog
Making species identifiable is not making species known
May 13
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Quentin Wheeler PhD
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DNA barcodes, morphology, and a damned dog
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April 2025
Species Identification, Character Illiteracy, and Romance Novels
DNA-based taxonomy is like a card catalog guiding us to books we have never read...
Apr 23
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11:59
Species Identification, Character Illiteracy, and Romance Novels
I have never read a Karen Marie Moning book—assuming that I’m pronouncing her name correctly, it’s an amusing, and apt, homophone, given that she writes…
Apr 23
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Optimism, Obstinance and Opportunity
The positive side of the extinction crisis
Apr 13
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Quentin Wheeler PhD
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Optimism, Obstinance and Opportunity
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Optimism, Obstinance and Opportunity
The positive side of the extinction crisis
Apr 13
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December 2024
Much ado about very little
Species exploration: molecular data more utilitarian than informative
Dec 8, 2024
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Quentin Wheeler PhD
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Much ado about very little
Molecular-based taxonomy is useful, but not very informative
Dec 8, 2024
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