[Taxacom] Nomina nuda and genbank?

[Roderic Page]

Re "taxonomic names used in GenBank cannot be modified or updated",  
this is incorrect. GenBank can and does update names (for example frog  
names have been changed in recent years following the Frost el al.  
paper), and they will also merge/delete names. The real issue is that  
there's isn't an easy mechanism for the community to contribute to  
this process.

Regards

Rod

On 30 Oct 2009, at 17:36, Francisco Welter-Schultes wrote:

> The taxonomic standard of GenBank is not very high. We know cases
> where gene sequences were deposited under incorrect names because
> species were misidentified, it was not possible to correct the names
> afterwards. The taxonomic names used in GenBank cannot be
> modified or updated, even if new generic or specific classifications
> are unanimously accepted in the community. In such an environment
> presence of nomina nuda cannot be regarded as a problem.
>
> Francisco
>
>
>
> University of Goettingen, Germany
> www.animalbase.org
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