title: Naming names: eponyms and biological history.
abstract: The constraints imposed by available experimental data, and the need for precision, typically limits the eloquence of researchers. Scientists, however, indulge in their literary and poetic selves in the names that they bestow on genes and proteins, on organisms and diseases. We briefly review some familiar names in the Inside Passage, and explore their historical antecedents.
authors.affiliation: Veterinary Science & Microbiology, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, USA.
authors.forename: Gayatri
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Vedantam
authors.forename: V K
authors.initials: VK
authors.lastname: Viswanathan
mesh_terms: D001695:Biology / Q000266:history*; D004850:Eponyms; D049672:History, 19th Century; D049673:History, 20th Century; D049674:History, 21st Century; D006801:Humans