jorgemotalmeida 16 May 2007 00:16:23

(*...)unique that can be considered discrete units. the genes are virtually ethernal, the species not.

jorgemotalmeida 16 May 2007 00:14:27

(*...) on the basis of certain specialized features, and that had a common ancestor and unique evolutionary history." and in nature we had so many greys, that perhaps just genes are the uniqu

jorgemotalmeida 16 May 2007 00:12:34

there are some versions for species... one of the best but even with problems... is this one: "discrete group of individual organisms that can be diagnosed, or defined on the basis of certain spe

Xespok 15 May 2007 11:30:49

No, actually I think is doable for macroscopical organisms, it is a question of resources and a strict definition of species. For microscopic creatures defining the species does not make too much sens

jorgemotalmeida 15 May 2007 00:04:27

*were found (not was found). In tropics, it is very hard to follow in vivo the biology of species. And there are other problems: hybridism, for example! And what about the species that will go extinc

jorgemotalmeida 15 May 2007 00:01:23

i think that is an impossible task to describe even the million of species. For example, recently was found new mamifers.. and cycliophors...

Xespok 14 May 2007 17:57:12

Yes, I think the goals are different. EOL give species level description of every species. TOL - understanding relationships between life forms.

Kahis 14 May 2007 14:43:32

proctoss: not all all. Unline the EoL, the ToL doesn't go to species level in most lifeforms.

proctoss 12 May 2007 15:52:35

Interestingly enough, but it is a direct competitor of the existing project Tree of Life http://tolweb.org/tree/

Xespok 11 May 2007 09:19:39

Yes, I think the EOL is a good and necessary project. Let us see the details first.

jorgemotalmeida 10 May 2007 15:52:54

http://tinyurl.com/2ggtxt

jorgemotalmeida 10 May 2007 11:43:23

funny... today was launched the megaloman project ENCYCLOPEDIA OF LIFE: http://www.eol.org We can participate with diptera! What do you think?

Zeegers 10 May 2007 09:59:06

Thanks Theo

Paul Beuk 10 May 2007 08:14:52

Coding the restrictions per user is coming along quite nicely. Hope to finish it tomorrow.

Paul Beuk 10 May 2007 08:05:25

Hehe: Time, to do things. If I did not have to start coding all the time to keep you lot under control.

crex 10 May 2007 06:19:47

This site has grown alot image-wise! How can it grow info-wise? It is harder, but ... More articles? Wiki?

Xespok 09 May 2007 20:34:26

Maybe another rule should be implemented, whereby one user can only post 1 non-diptera thread a week.

Paul Beuk 09 May 2007 19:19:59

Actually, the five holds. The first day the 'backdoor' was used. The last 24 hours there were only 5. A pity that the same persons always claim those.

ChrisR 09 May 2007 19:18:07

I think 'Other insects' is just 'Other people' ... I have waited 4 days to post a photo and I still can't

Zeegers 09 May 2007 16:54:29

It seems the limiter on off-topics subjects is not working (???)