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Protecting stable biological nomenclatural systems enables universal communication: A collective international appeal
BioScience, Vol.74(7), pp.467-472
2024
Abstract
The fundamental value of universal nomenclatural systems in biology is that they enable unambiguous scientific communication. However, the stability of these systems is threatened by recent discussions asking for a fairer nomenclature, raising the possibility of bulk revision processes for "inappropriate" names. It is evident that such proposals come from very deep feelings, but we show how they can irreparably damage the foundation of biological communication and, in turn, the sciences that depend on it. There are four essential consequences of objective codes of nomenclature: universality, stability, neutrality, and transculturality. These codes provide fair and impartial guides to the principles governing biological nomenclature and allow unambiguous universal communication in biology. Accordingly, no subjective proposals should be allowed to undermine them.
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- Protecting stable biological nomenclatural systems enables universal communication: A collective international appeal
- Authors/Creators
- Pedro Jiménez-MejíasSaúl ManzanoVinita GowdaFrank-Thorsten KrellMei-Ying LinSantiago Martín-BravoLaura Martín-TorrijosGonzalo Nieto FelinerSergei L MosyakinRobert FC NacziCarmen AcedoInés ÁlvarezJorge V CrisciModesto Luceño GarcésJohn ManningJuan Carlos Moreno SaizA Muthama MuasyaRicarda RiinaAndrea Sánchez MeseguerDaniel Sánchez-MataMagdi SA El-HawagryMohammad Amini RadPatrick BlandinMichael SchmittRyota HayashiSangtae KimAnna RonikierMichał RonikierSergio ChozasAndreia AnjosGuilherme Siniciato Terra GarbinoMikhail RogovManuel B MoralesCarlos Luis Leopardi VerdeEmre ÇildenDonald ShukaErmelinda GjetaLulëzim ShukaMarjol MecoSpase ShumkaAbdelkader Nabil BenghanemDjilali TahriLaouer HocineRachid MeddourSaidi BoubarSalima BenhouhouClara PladevallFrancisco Maiato Pedro GonçalvesAbel Pérez-GonzálezAna Valeria CarranzaAnibal Oscar PrinaDarién E PradoDiego G GutiérrezElián L GuerreroEsteban O LavillaEugenia MinghettiFederico AgnolínGraciela Lorna AlfosnoJuan José CanteroJulian FaivovichLiliana KatinasMagdalena LauritoMarcelo AranaMaria Cecilia MeloMaria Jimena PonceMariela FabbroniPablo Edmundo OrtizPablo Horacio DemaioPablo M DellapéPablo TetaRoberto KieslingAlla AleksanyanGeorge FayvushBrian JonesDaniel J BickelEckart HåkanssonElena KupriyanovaGlenn SheaJürgen KellermannKaren L WilsonLadislav MucinaNicholas MorrisPeter CranstonPeter CrossingPeter G AllsoppPeter WestonRaymond HoserRohan PethiyagodaScott EipperTrevor Henry WorthyVratislav Ricardo Bejsak-Colloredo-MansfeldBožo FrajmanClemens PachschwöllGerald M SchneeweissGerhard PilsHermann VoglmayrIrmgard Krisai-GreilhuberKonstantina AgiadiMichael HJ BarfussPeter Schönswetter
- Publication Details
- BioScience, Vol.74(7), pp.467-472
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press on behalf of the American Institute of Biological Sciences.
- Number of pages
- 467 - 472
- Identifiers
- 991005811048307891
- Copyright
- © The Author(s) 2024.
- Murdoch Affiliation
- Centre for Terrestrial Ecosystem Science and Sustainability
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Journal article
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