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NatureÌýoffersÌýa window on global natural history, providing a unique insight into the natural world, the environment, and the magnificent creatures that inhabit it.
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A Red Grouse (Lagopus lagopus scoticus).
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What's In A Name?
In Nature this week, Paul Evans visits a grouse moor in the English Pennines and the corridors of London 's Natural History Museum to meet the taxonomists.
Taxonomists are scientists who name and classify all living things.
The origins of taxonomy can be traced back to the 18 th century Swedish naturalist Carl Linnaeus. He invented a binomial method to describe life on earth using simple scientific names.
Taxonomy has benefited from the revolution of DNA analysis. It is now creating a flood of new information and understanding. An example of this is Britain 's very own humble red grouse.
The Red Grouse was once considered a true species.ÌýDNA sequencing has shown that it's only relatively recently diverged from the European willow grouse.
On his journey through the Natural History Museum, Paul meets the botanists who are genetically bar-coding all British plants and a computer programme called DAISY which will bring the combined expertise of the world's leading museums to naturalists, farmers, teachers and scientists in any part of the world.
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