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Nature 447, 142 (10 May 2007) | doi:10.1038/447142c; Published online 9 May 2007
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Codes must be updated so that names are known to all
Quentin D. Wheeler1 & Frank T. Krell2
- International Institute for Species Exploration, Arizona State University, PO Box 876505, Tempe, Arizona 85287-6505, USA
- Department of Zoology, Denver Museum of Nature and Science, 2001 Colorado Boulevard, Denver, Colorado 80205-5798, USA
Sandra Knapp and colleagues, in their Commentary article "Spreading the word" (Nature 446, 261–262; 2007), stop short of urging the radical steps required to effectively transform nomenclature and access to plant and animal names.Some important and necessary steps have been made towards opening access to existing literature, by efforts such as AnimalBase (http://www.animalbase.de
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