10 Jun
2010
10 Jun
'10
21:39
On Thu, Jun 10, 2010 at 1:47 PM, Richard Pyle deepreef@bishopmuseum.org wrote:
P.S. As far as we know, the ultimate circumscription is a subatomic particle, with layers of atoms, molecules, organelles, cells, and organs below the specimen-level circumsctiption... :-)
I don't think that's the case, actually. A specific ant is a member/instance/kind of Formicidae, but a specific atom in that ant is not.
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