Linnaeus at 300

So – normally I would not post anything here regarding stuff in Nature, due to Nature’s incomplete Open Access policies but I am doing so here because the relevant material is 50-50 open/closed. They material I refer to is a pretty interesting set of articles in the latest issue celebrating the 300th birthday of some guy named Linnaeus.

Among the articles some are free access some are not. Below is the list of commentaries/news/reviews and info on their accessibility. I am particularly fond of the one by John Whitfield (and not just because I am in it). Unfortunately it is not “Free Access.” But it does have some interesting tidbits on “phylogenomics” — so if you have access – check it out. If not, well post something to his blog complaining about that.

Editorial

The legacy of Linnaeus Free access

Nature 446, 231 (15 March 2007) doi:10.1038/446231b

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Features

News Features

Linnaeus at 300: We are family <!– Free access–>

John Whitfield

Nature 446, 247 (15 March 2007) doi:10.1038/446247a

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Linnaeus at 300: The species and the specious Free access

Emma Marris

Nature 446, 250 (15 March 2007) doi:10.1038/446250a

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Linnaeus at 300: The big name hunters <!– Free access–>

Brendan Borrell

Nature 446, 253 (15 March 2007) doi:10.1038/446253a

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Linnaeus at 300: The royal raccoon from Swedesboro Free access

Henry Nicholls

Nature 446, 255 (15 March 2007) doi:10.1038/446255a

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Commentaries

Commentaries

Linnaeus in the information age <!– Free access–>

H. C. J. Godfray

Nature 446, 259 (15 March 2007) doi:10.1038/446259a

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Spreading the word <!– Free access–>

Sandra Knapp, Andrew Polaszek and Mark Watson

Nature 446, 261 (15 March 2007) doi:10.1038/446261a

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Author: Jonathan Eisen

I am an evolutionary biologist and a Professor at U. C. Davis. (see my lab site here). My research focuses on the origin of novelty (how new processes and functions originate). To study this I focus on sequencing and analyzing genomes of organisms, especially microbes and using phylogenomic analysis View all posts by Jonathan Eisen