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Summer BreakJuly 18th, 2006 by Mike Keesey :: 1 Comment |
Sorry ’bout the unplanned hiatus last week, everyone. This heat must be getting to me. Anyway, no more unannounced gaps, I promise.
The PhyloCode meeting was quite productive. A lot of thorny issues are being resolved in a satisfactory way, I think. Hopefully we’ll see a new draft soon.
No time for a full essay now, but for next week I’ll write one pertaining to the general theme of reproduction in large theropods…
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