Anyone done/planning to do any DNA studies?

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Posted by Mick on July 07, 1999 at 21:35:27:

In Reply to: Gotta specific question? posted by KJ / KJUN Snakehaven on July 07, 1999 at 06:16:35:

: : Okay. So emoryi is now considered a full fledged species...

: Just because it is considered so, it doesn't MAKE it so.

: : Does that make Kisatchie Corns a hybrid? Or perhaps just a local variant of E.emoryi or E.g.guttata? TIA.

: All three of those theories have been proposed. You can look to my page (www.kingsnake.com/kj/corns.html) for more info. Follow the link there for a more indepth discussion of the theories. You'll find MY idea on the matter based on all available data to me -- and I have a bonus over the taxonomists: i don't need to say something different "just to get that paper published." LOL.

: Feel free to ask any more questions that seem to be skipped at either of those places.

KJ,
I checked out the info you pointed me to. I'm leaning toward listing the Kisatchie Corns as the result of a "probable intergrade". Do you know if anyone is doing any DNA analysis on these guys? I know it's expensive and time consuming, but heck, there should be a grant in it somewhere! :)
Thanks again!
---Mick

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: : : Okay. So emoryi is now considered a full fledged species... : : Just because it is considered so, it doesn't MAKE it so. : : : Does that make Kisatchie Corns a hybrid? Or perhaps just a local variant of E.emoryi or E.g.guttata? TIA. : : All three of those theories have been proposed. You can look to my page (www.kingsnake.com/kj/corns.html) for more info. Follow the link there for a more indepth discussion of the theories. You'll find MY idea on the matter based on all available data to me -- and I have a bonus over the taxonomists: i don't need to say something different "just to get that paper published." LOL. : : Feel free to ask any more questions that seem to be skipped at either of those places. : KJ, : I checked out the info you pointed me to. I'm leaning toward listing the Kisatchie Corns as the result of a "probable intergrade". Do you know if anyone is doing any DNA analysis on these guys? I know it's expensive and time consuming, but heck, there should be a grant in it somewhere! :) : Thanks again! : ---Mick

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