In article ,
 lamoran{at}bioinfo.med.utoronto.ca (Larry Moran) wrote:

> On Sat, 6 Mar 2004 23:03:04 +0000 (UTC), 
> John Wilkins  wrote:
> > John Ings  wrote:
> > 
> >> In   1991 Leigh Van Valen and V.C. Maiorana published a paper
> >> [Evolutionary Theory 10: 71-74]  arguing that the human cancer cell
> >> known as the Hela cell, having bred true in labs all over the world
> >> for nearly half a century, deserved to be named a new species and
> >> proposed the name Helacyton gartleri. 
> >> 
> >> So I was wondering what sort of reception this argument has received
> >> in the years since. Has it been accepted? Rejected? Or does it simply
> >> languish as a taxonomic paradox?
> >> 
> >> And has the Hela cell itself mutated into sub species or varieties?
> > 
> > It could not have been half a century - Henrietta Lacks, whose cells
> > these were, was biopsied in the 60s.
> 
> 
> February 1, 1951. 
> 
Thanks for the correction.
> 
> 
> Larry (who doesn't really remember 1951) Moran
> 
I don't remember 1991...

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