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Subject: why italics?
Why do we italicize only genus and species names when presenting taxonomic
information?
One web site I looked at claims that By the way, the italics are used only
because it is proper, in writing, to italicize words that are in any
language other than English
Why do we italicize only genus and species names when presenting
taxonomic information?
One web site I looked at claims that By the way, the italics are
used only because it is proper, in writing, to italicize words that
are in any language other than English. Aren't any other parts of
the
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From: Ecological Society of America: grants, jobs, news
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of David Inouye
Sent: Sunday, May 14, 2006 1:42 PM
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Subject: why italics
To answer this question, I thought that the most logical person to ask would be
a taxonomist. So I forwarded Dr. Inouye's question to Dr. Charles D. Dondale,
Honorary (= Emeritus) Curator of the Arachnid Section for the Canadian National
Collection of Insects and Arachnids. Here is his
And for those who want to find the full code of Zoological nomenclature,
it is online available nowadays here: http://www.iczn.org/iczn/index.jsp
Kim van der Linde
L. Brian Patrick wrote:
To answer this question, I thought that the most logical person to ask
would be a taxonomist. So I
Of Robert Curry
Sent: Sunday, May 14, 2006 7:42 PM
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Subject: Re: why italics?
I have always thought it strange that the New York Times, supposedly one of
the best newspapers in the world, has never seen fit to adopt the standard
for presentation of scientific binomials
