Re: How ancient whales lost their legs, got sleek and conquered the oceans

Thanks to those who explained the origins of some gene names. A follow-up:
Is there any group in the genetics community that makes such names
"official," as there is in astronomy with asteroids, Kuiper belt objects &c
or in chemistry/physics with chemical elements? Discoverers in those fields
generally have the right to give names but sometimes there are disputes &
some names probably would be unacceptable. I think there'd be a problem
with naming an asteroid "Hitler" or a new element (which there are not
likely to be many more of) "Stalinium" - not to mention names that many
would consider obscene, blasphemous, &c.

Shalom
George
http://web.raex.com/~gmurphy/
Received on Fri May 26 10:03:02 2006