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Andrew Polaszek and colleagues propose an open-access web-register for animal names, which they believe is vital to move taxonomy into the twenty-first century.

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  1. Andrew Polaszek: The list of co-authors can be found in Supplementary Information.

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  1. Executive Secretary of the International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature, based at the Natural History Museum, London
    Andrew Polaszek

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Polaszek, A. A universal register for animal names.Nature 437, 477 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1038/437477a

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