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Comment
. 2023 Aug;7(8):1170.
doi: 10.1038/s41559-023-02106-9.

Some, but not all, eponyms should be disallowed

Kevin Thiele  1
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Comment

Some, but not all, eponyms should be disallowed

Kevin Thiele. Nat Ecol Evol. 2023 Aug.
No abstract available

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  • Eponyms have no place in 21st-century biological nomenclature.
    Guedes P, Alves-Martins F, Arribas JM, Chatterjee S, Santos AMC, Lewin A, Bako L, Webala PW, Correia RA, Rocha R, Ladle RJ. Guedes P, et al. Nat Ecol Evol. 2023 Aug;7(8):1157-1160. doi: 10.1038/s41559-023-02022-y. Nat Ecol Evol. 2023. PMID: 36914774 No abstract available.

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