[Taxacom] Drosophila melanogaster name change?

[Ellinor Michel]

News on Names!

Drosophila melanogaster - Opinion issued on Case 3407
"A case that challenges the name of the biologists? favourite research
subject, Drosophila melanogaster, commonly known as ?Drosophila, the fruit
fly?, 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 fly?s 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 that?s the apple of scientists? eye
<http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/science/biology_evolution/article7091
142.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/news/world/row-over-fruit-fly-drosophila-me
lanogaster-name-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-dividin
g-scientists/>

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Dr Ellinor Michel

Executive Secretary
International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature
Natural History Museum, London SW7 5BD
+44 (0)207-942-5653  (alternative number -5516)
iczn-em at nhm.ac.uk

www.iczn.org
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