GO Vs Traits

[Leonore Reiser]

Pankaj:
I agree that there are some terms that I put in (like drought tolerance)
that are not appropriate as process  and should be removed. Happy to do
that.
Leonore


>
> Pankaj
>
> I think that Midori has answered your question.  In your Trait Ontology
> you are mixing concepts (a hanging crime in this game =:)).
>
> These, as Midori says, are environmental conditions:
>
>       %physicochemical stress ; GO:0301797
>       %chemical stress ; GO:0301774
>       %physiological stress ; GO:0301775
>       %deepwater stress ; GO:0302189 ; synonym:flooding
>       %drought stress ; GO:0302193
>       %light stress ; GO:0301777
>       %temperature stress ; GO:0302206
>
> but these would be processes and quite valid for the GO process ontology:
>
>       %response to physicochemical stress ; GO:0301797
>       %response to chemical stress ; GO:0301774
>       %response to physiological stress ; GO:0301775
>       %response to deepwater stress ; GO:0302189 ; synonym:flooding
>       %response to drought stress ; GO:0302193
>       %response to light stress ; GO:0301777
>       %response to temperature stress ; GO:0302206
>
> indeed many of them are already children of
>                   [i] response to abiotic stimulus (GO:0009628)
> and we could add more (and clean up the words so that they all
> read as
> "response to <stress>"
>
> [I think that this now in GO should probably not be:
>       [i] drought tolerance (GO:0009633) ]
>
>
> These could well be processes:
>           %elongation ; GO:0302188 ; ICIS:1209 ; synonym:Elon
>           %drought recovery ; GO:0302190 ; synonym:DRR
> as
>           %elongation response to stress ; GO:0302188 ; ICIS:1209 ; synonym:Elon
>           %recovery from drought ; GO:0302190 ; synonym:DRR
>
>
> Michael
>
>

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