Gender Representation in Molluscan Eponyms: Disparities and Legacy

Vendetti, Jann E.

doi:10.4003/006.039.0106

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“…Recent research indicates that the etymology of a scientific name can influence scientific practice (Mlynarek et al 2023 ), suggesting that eponyms may have a negative impact on promoting research into the species. Furthermore, the honorific naming of species has received criticism for having a substantial gender bias (Poulin et al 2022 ; Vendetti 2022 ). Other, more pointed, discussions have centred broadly around whether certain species names are offensive or need changing to reflect indigenous or other knowledge systems (Gillman and Wright 2020 ; Knapp et al 2020 ; Hammer and Thiele 2021 ; Smith and Figueiredo 2021 , 2022 ; Thiele et al 2022 ; Tracy 2022 ; Wright and Gillman 2022 ; Guedes et al 2023 ).…”

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Call me by your name: Considerations of DNA sequences as types within wider discussions on fungal nomenclature

Smith

2023

Mycology

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This paper discusses the interaction between two substantial debates in taxonomy and nomenclature: The potential introduction of DNA-only types into fungal taxonomy and whether certain species names are offensive and should be changed. It argues that the acceptance of DNA sequences as types will likely lead to a proliferation of eponyms (species named after a person or persons) and that this will render them more likely to censure thus creating a point of instability in the fungal nomenclature. More fundamentally, it seeks to highlight the cultural and aesthetic attraction of names and to promote wider conversation on why we consider the Latin binomial central in our description of species.

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