Re: CP digest 216
Michael Hasemann (jmh@tko.vtt.fi)
Mon, 9 Jan 1995 14:34:12 +0200 (EET)
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> Case in point, I think you are missing the point. The goal here is
> not just adding the rarest Nepenthes to our collections, regardless of
> price, but to use these techniques and more importantly, this list and
> our various contacts to work toward the preservation of these plants
> for all, not just our own collections. I suggest that all the folks
> doing in vitro work post their in vitro collections and perhaps
> encourage more exchange among ourselves. Perhaps we could make a
> separate archived list of in vitro sources/researchers? Any thoughts
> Rick Walker?
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Hi, (this is getting the most exciting thread since
alt.nuke.damn.saddam. hussein :-)
albeit I doubt the potential of tissue culture to preserve a species
rather than to preserve one particular gene-set, I believe this would
at least enforce competion. 'The right to choose'.
..Michael
ObQuestion: What did you do to save the rain forrests today ?
ObAnswer: I sold one tissue cultured N.speculatius for 200 bucks.
> Best,
> Ron Gagliardo
>
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