名字里有什么？

What's in a name?

作者信息

Bowman Dwight D

机构信息

Department of Microbiology and Immunology, College of Veterinary Medicine, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853-6401, USA.

出版信息

Trends Parasitol. 2005 Jun;21(6):267-9. doi: 10.1016/j.pt.2005.04.008.

DOI:10.1016/j.pt.2005.04.008

PMID:15922246

Abstract

The names of organisms have major impacts on the geopolitical world. The current state of flux in the taxonomy of the genera Cryptosporidium and Giardia illustrates the effects that names can have on environmental and governmental policy. Taxonomy remains a vital science that is very much alive in the application of modern methods for describing morphologically cryptic species.

摘要

生物的名称对地缘政治世界有着重大影响。隐孢子虫属和贾第虫属分类法目前的不断变化状态说明了名称可能对环境和政府政策产生的影响。分类学仍然是一门至关重要的科学，在应用现代方法描述形态隐秘的物种方面依然十分活跃。