Lee Poulsen pondered > I've asked this of couple of other botanists, but have only gotten a noncommittal > answer. I... wonder why variants, subspecies, etc. aren't taken more > seriously. 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. ...Who you gonna believe, me or your own eyes? - Chico Marx as Chicolini in Duck Soup (1933) Leo Martin Phoenix Arizona USA