Taxacom: :SeqCode and nomenclature

[John Grehan]

For those interested, a copy can be obtained from Milen Marinov at
milen.marinov at mpi.govt.nz

Putting the cart before the horse: SeqCode?s attempt to solve systematics
issues
with changes to nomenclature Milen Marinov, Kirk Fitzhugh, Roberto E. Reis
& Michael S. Engel

Abstract
This opinion paper examines the recent proposal for a new nomenclatural
code for prokaryotes
(SeqCode). It addresses four problematic issues: (1)
epistemological?failure of the SeqCode to
acknowledge taxa as explanatory hypotheses, (2) conceptual?designating as a
name-bearer a coded
section of the genome of an organism, (3) operational?changing
nomenclatural procedure as a means
of resolving systematic challenges, and (4) political (policy)?SeqCode
developed independent in
opposition to the International Committee on Systematics of Prokaryotes
(ICSP). Each of these matters
should be alarms to the scientific community as the SeqCode proposal
embodies many potentially
negative consequences that would dramatically hinder systematics (science)
and nomenclature (a
tool in science) in other groups of organisms, e.g., animals, plants,
fungi, if analogous proposals were
sought
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