Gramene Development Site Feedback: Zea mays subsp. ramosa?

[Maize Genetics COOP Stock Center]

Pankaj,

As for merging it into Zea mays subsp. mays, as I said, it is a 
single gene mutation of maize.  My feeling is that it shouldn't be 
listed as a separate taxonomic entity at all.  However, if you feel 
that it needs to be listed as a separate entity for purely historical 
purposes, then it certainly should be included as part of Zea mays 
subsp. mays.

I received the following response from NCBI:

At 2:51 PM -0400 4/11/07, Liu, Hanguan \(NIH/NLM\) [C] wrote:
>Dear Colleague,
>
>I have forwarded your message to GenBank taxonomy staff for review.
>
>Thank you for pointing out this to us.
>
>Best regards,
>
>Hanguan Liu, MD.,PhD.
>NCBI User Services


	-Marty

At 4:07 PM -0400 4/11/07, Pankaj Jaiswal wrote:
>Hi Marty,
>
>Thanks for pointing the error. You are right, we pulled it from the 
>NCBI. Let me know when the NCBI is able to fix it. We will do so 
>subsequently. If you agree, can merge this entry with species Zea 
>mays subsp. mays.
>
>Pankaj
>
>possible_feedback at acorn.gramene.org wrote:
>>URL         : http://www.gramene.org/db/ontology/search_term?id=GR_tax:014454
>>
>>Subject     : Gramene Development Site Feedback: Zea mays subsp. ramosa?
>>
>>Name        : Marty Sachs
>>
>>Email       : maize at uiuc.edu
>>
>>Organization: Maize Genetics Cooperation - Stock Center
>>
>>Comments    :
>>I just wanted to let you know that this is not a modern classification. 
>>The plant described in: Gernert WB. 1912. (A new subspecies of Zea 
>>mays L. Amer. Nat. 46(550): 616-622), is a single gene mutation 
>>(ra1) of Zea mays subsp. mays.
>>
>>For additional information about the ra1 gene and mutants, please see:
>>http://www.maizegdb.org/cgi-bin/displaylocusrecord.cgi?id=12577
>>
>>Apparently, you obtained this info from NCBI: 
>>http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/Taxonomy/Browser/wwwtax.cgi?mode=Info&id=186653&lvl=3&lin=f&keep=1&srchmode=1&unlock
>>
>>I have also written to them to let them know about this mis-classification.
>>
>>Submitted by Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; U; PPC Mac OS X Mach-O; en-US; 
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>
>--
>Pankaj Jaiswal
>G-15, Bradfield Hall
>Dept. of Plant Breeding and Genetics
>Cornell University
>Ithaca, NY-14853, USA
>
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