Re: [RML] News Flash

caryho at ix.netcom.com
Thu, 23 Apr 1998 22:35:46 GMT

In The Dawn of the Third Age "Adrian R. Tappin" <atappin at ecn.net.au>
woke me from my contemplation by writing:

>Heres some late breaking news that's come in from my correspondents in the
>field!
>
>>As we discussed a while back DNA tests apparently show that the Utchee
>>Ck's are the new species of rainbow and closely related to crimson spot
>>rainbows. I have not seen the papers on this so this info may or may
>>not be fully correct.
>
>Well now, what do you all think of that ;-)
>
>Adrian.

I'm not sure what to think of it unless there are some references as
to who said it. As to DNA testing being enough to define a species,
there seems to be considerable dissention in the scientific community
to its validity.

Cary Hostrawser

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