[NatureNS] How scientists refer to Fruit Flies

Date: Fri, 06 Dec 2013 16:43:19 -0500
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Sent: Friday, December 06, 2013 1:48 PM&lt;br&gt;
On 12/6/2013 4:04 PM, Ronald Arsenault wrote:

>     by contrast there are now probably tens of thousands of
>     scientists using 'Drosophila', usually D. melanogaster, who mostly
>     seem not to be worried that the genus name ought to be, and perhaps
>     might even end up being, changed to Sophophora.

* and that's a real minefield to step into... see 
https://www.google.ca/search?q=taxacom+%27Drosophila%27++Sophophora+site:mailman.nhm.ku.edu&client=firefox-a&hs=wk4&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&biw=1028&bih=677

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