Thursday, June 30, 2011

The term “chemical genitalia” in insect biology

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The term “ chemical genitalia ” refers to natural chemical compounds (accessory proteins accompanying semen) that influence sperm persistenc...

The terms “sperm competition” and “cryptic female choice” in insect biology

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In a recent Natural History article, Marlene Zuk looks from a female perspective at the reproduction of insects [1]— an area of study that ...
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Tuesday, June 28, 2011

Acronym in science and publication: PLoS for Public Library of Science

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PLoS stands for Public Library of Science . PLoS is a nonprofit organization of scientists and physicians commited to making scientific and...
Monday, June 27, 2011

How the AIDS virus became to be named human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)

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Harold Varmus—Nobel Laureate in Medicine—describes in his book “ The ART and POLITICS of SCIENCE ” how the AIDS retrovirus got its name ...

The Baltimore Classification System for viruses is named after David Baltimore, who proposed it

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The Baltimore Classification System for viruses is named after its developer David Baltimore . David Baltimore (born 1938 in New York) is ...
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Saturday, June 25, 2011

Acronym in Virology and International Cooperation: ICTV for International Committee on the Taxonomy of Viruses

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ICTV stands for International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses . This organization takes on the task of developing, refining, and maintaini...
Thursday, June 23, 2011

The sobriquet Brownstein

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  The sobriquet Brownstein refers to the two medical scientists Michael Stuart Brown (born 1941, USA) and Joseph Leonard Goldstein (born ...