Just got this in an e-mail from a friend (from Taxacom maillist):
News on Names!
Drosophila melanogaster - Opinion issued on Case 3407 "A case that challenges the name of the biologists¹ favourite research subject, Drosophila melanogaster, commonly known as ŒDrosophila, the fruit fly¹, has concluded. The case submitted to the International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature (ICZN), proposed that the name Drosophila melanogaster be protected as a combination, but this was not supported by the Commission. This means that the fruit fly¹s name is likely to change to Sophophora melanogaster if results of a new evolutionary analysis are accepted."
With more information, publicity, and commentary:
ICZN News page:
http://iczn.org/content/drosophila-melanogaster-opinion-issued-case-3407
Nature: What's in a name? Fly world is abuzz
http://www.nature.com/news/2010/100407/full/464825a.html
TimesOnline Identity crisis for fly that¹s the apple of scientists¹ eye
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/science/biology_evolution/article7091142.ece
The Loom/Discover Magazine Drosophila, We Hardly Knew Ye
http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/loom/2010/04/07/drosophila-we-hardly-knew-ye/
The Australian - Row over fruit fly Drosophila melanogaster name bugs
scientists
http://www.theaustralian.com.au/new...-bugs-scientists/story-e6frg6so-1225851294539
Fox News - Fruit Fly Identity Crisis Dividing Scientists
http://www.foxnews.com/scitech/2010/04/08/fruit-fly-identity-crisis-dividing-scientists
on Twitter #Drosophaclypse and elsewhere.....
News on Names!
Drosophila melanogaster - Opinion issued on Case 3407 "A case that challenges the name of the biologists¹ favourite research subject, Drosophila melanogaster, commonly known as ŒDrosophila, the fruit fly¹, has concluded. The case submitted to the International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature (ICZN), proposed that the name Drosophila melanogaster be protected as a combination, but this was not supported by the Commission. This means that the fruit fly¹s name is likely to change to Sophophora melanogaster if results of a new evolutionary analysis are accepted."
With more information, publicity, and commentary:
ICZN News page:
http://iczn.org/content/drosophila-melanogaster-opinion-issued-case-3407
Nature: What's in a name? Fly world is abuzz
http://www.nature.com/news/2010/100407/full/464825a.html
TimesOnline Identity crisis for fly that¹s the apple of scientists¹ eye
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/science/biology_evolution/article7091142.ece
The Loom/Discover Magazine Drosophila, We Hardly Knew Ye
http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/loom/2010/04/07/drosophila-we-hardly-knew-ye/
The Australian - Row over fruit fly Drosophila melanogaster name bugs
scientists
http://www.theaustralian.com.au/new...-bugs-scientists/story-e6frg6so-1225851294539
Fox News - Fruit Fly Identity Crisis Dividing Scientists
http://www.foxnews.com/scitech/2010/04/08/fruit-fly-identity-crisis-dividing-scientists
on Twitter #Drosophaclypse and elsewhere.....
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