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Date: Wed, 12 Oct 2005 16:39:52 +0200 (MEST)
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To: phylocode@ouvaxa.cats.ohiou.edu
Subject: Re: BioCode and PhyloCode conflicts
> http://www.nytimes.com/2005/10/11/science/11name.html (subscription > required). Not for me, interestingly... this one seems to be a free sample issue= or=20 something. > While Yoon does not mention the PhyloCode, she does mention the > BioCode, which would serve to restrict how and where and when a nam= e > can be coined, as does the PhyloCode. IIRC this is not part of the BioCode. Or rather, was. AFAIK the BioCo= de is=20 dead, buried and fossil. It was merely meant to be a merger of the ex= isting=20 Codes... so basically it united their disadvantages (like compulsory= =20 ranks), without introducing any advantages except registration for ne= w=20 (!!!) names and the lack of intercode homonyms. > So, for the sake of discussion, what will happen if both > Codes are established, and a name is coined in one, but not the oth= er? The same as what will happen if the PhyloCode will be implemented and= the=20 preexisting codes won't instantly disappear. > Will the name need to be published in two different > formats to exists as "valid"? Yes. > Will the ICZN recognize the PhyloCode? The ICZN (Commission) recognizes the ICZN (Code) and nothing else. > Or will all that is needed is a definition applied to a BioCode nam= e > to make a name published valid in PhyloCode standards? Like the preexisting codes, the BioCode doesn't see anything wrong wi= th=20 paraphyletic taxa. If it will ever be implemented, making a BioCode n= ame=20 valid under the PhyloCode will be the exact same process of conversio= n as=20 for making a name from the preexisting codes valid under the PhyloCod= e. > If there are competing Codes, what does a scientist do when analyzi= ng > data and taxa rendered from a study not "accepted" by the Code that > person chooses to use? All Codes are solely about taxon names, not about any data. For names= that=20 are valid under one code but not the others, there is Recommendation = 6.1B:=20 http://www.ohiou.edu/phylocode/art6.html --=20 NEU: Telefon-Flatrate f=FCrs dt. Festnetz! GMX Phone_Flat: 9,99 Euro/= Mon.* F=FCr DSL-Nutzer. Ohne Providerwechsel! http://www.gmx.net/de/go/tele= fonie