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Synonyms

Bonus question: why has the frequency of usage of names for the Cavia porcellus (the guinea pig) declined in the 20th century?

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An alternative to synynyms is to use the timeline feature in BioStor, +e.g. compare Aspidoscelis costata with Cnemidophorus costatus +This feature is offline. -

An alternative to synynyms is to use the timeline feature in BioStor, e.g. compare Aspidoscelis costata with Cnemidophorus costatus

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Visualing classifications

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Create a list of questions to test how useful a tree visualisation is, then evaluate each visualisation.

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Possible questions

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Think about other possible questions, and how to test them.

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Visualisations

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Beyond names: DNA barcodes

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Questions to think about

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  1. How many web sites have machine-readable data available?
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  3. How important are taxonomic names to finding biological information?
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  5. How can we deal with the multiple names? Do we try and reconcile across multiple sources, or pick one as definitive?
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  7. What is the best way to browse a taxonomic classification? How would you decide (i.e., what criteria are relevant?)
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Reading