Naming a species after yourself (zoology)

[Margaret K. Thayer]

Then why is he an author of anything (name or paper)?
That's a much more serious problem and has nothing to do with the Code!

Margaret

At 11:37 AM 6-03-06 -0700, you wrote:
>Hi Brian,
>In this case, the third author is merely being honored.  He had
>nothing at all to do with any aspect of the paper or the
>research that went into it.
>Robin
>

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