Nhu, Are we looking at genes, or base pairs? Population genomics looks like a powerful tool, and I'd like to learn more about it (outside of this e mail group!) Eugene Zielinski Rapid City, SD USA > [Original Message] > From: Nhu Nguyen <xerantheum@gmail.com> > To: Pacific Bulb Society <pbs@lists.ibiblio.org> > Date: 1/30/2013 10:39:20 AM > Subject: Re: [pbs] Iris collina resurrection > > On Tue, Jan 29, 2013 at 2:10 PM, Leo A. Martin <leo@possi.org> wrote: > > > DNA sequencer goggles are not (currently?) good enough to detect variants > > and > > subspecies, so many people whose DNA goggles are stuck on their heads > > [hope/ suspect / > > assume / believe / think / behave as though / wonder whether] variants and > > subspecies do > > not actually exist. > > > > Not true, Leo. We have the technology to sequence full genome to study all > the variants of all genes in any given organism, and thus emerged the > latest and hottest field of population genomics (a modern version of the > old population genetics)... > _______________________________________________ > pbs mailing list > pbs@lists.ibiblio.org > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/