"...and tracking progress in exploring #Earth’s #biodiversity. They are as fundamental to biology as elements are to chemistry and particles to physics. [...] But TRUE #biological #diversity lies on #DNA. Sequence it! #Species #eDNA #Taxonomy #metabarcode
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'Can We Name #Earth's #Species Before They Go #Extinct?' https://t.co/iji0oYnxMx "Costello etal hope #science will describe most species within this century, and suggest how this complete description can be facilitated" I'm SKEPTICAL. But I'm sure we'll #
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@JohnSpeakman4 @BiotechObserver As you know in your own professional work, “consensus” is not a scientific argument. But there are strong scientific arguments that extreme extinction claims of unknown/unnamed species are overdone https://t.co/DiHP2RcXKn.
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(Empirical data on # taxonomists & rates of description from: https://t.co/JfJLyR3R85)