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Naming the menagerie: creativity, culture and consequences in the formation of scientific names(†)
The coining of scientific names for newly described species is one of the most creative acts in science. We briefly review the history of species naming, with an emphasis on constraints and freedoms in the choice of new names and how they came to be. We then consider patterns in etymologies and ling...
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| Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
| Lenguaje: | English |
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The Royal Society
2023
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| Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10618856/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37909078 http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2023.1970 |