Gramene Development Site Feedback: Zea mays subsp. ramosa?

[Pankaj Jaiswal]

Marty,

My question was on the similar lines. Not to list it as a separate 
entity. I will merge it into the Zea mays subsp. mays, so that any 
annotation we have for Zea mays subsp. ramosa, gets automatically 
annotated to Zea mays subsp. mays. I hope that is workable.

Pankaj

Maize Genetics COOP Stock Center wrote:
> 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.
>>>
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>>
>> -- 
>> Pankaj Jaiswal
>> G-15, Bradfield Hall
>> Dept. of Plant Breeding and Genetics
>> Cornell University
>> Ithaca, NY-14853, USA
>>
>> Ph. +1-607-255-3103 / 4199
>> fax: +1-607-255-6683
> 
> 

-- 
Pankaj Jaiswal
G-15, Bradfield Hall
Dept. of Plant Breeding and Genetics
Cornell University
Ithaca, NY-14853, USA

Ph. +1-607-255-3103 / 4199
fax: +1-607-255-6683