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Published online 20 January 2009 | Nature | doi:10.1038/457368a
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A fly by any other name
Drosophila experts argue over reclassification proposal.
The Byzantine world of species taxonomy is facing a new test: a proposal that would involve renaming Drosophila flies, arguably the leading model genetic organism.
The idea is to bring a new taxonomic order to the more than 2,000 species now grouped in the genus Drosophila.
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