Gramene Development Site Feedback: Zea mays subsp. ramosa?

[Pankaj Jaiswal]

Great. I will update our taxonomy ontology accordingly. The changes will 
appear in the website as part of the upcoming Gramene release #25.

Pankaj

Maize Genetics COOP Stock Center wrote:
> Pankaj,
> 
> Apparently NCBI fixed their listings;
> 
> http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/Taxonomy/Browser/wwwtax.cgi?mode=Tree&id=4577&lvl=3&lin=f&keep=1&srchmode=1&unlock 
> 
> 
> They now have Zea mays subsp. ramosa as one of the archaic synonyms 
> under Zea mays subsp. mays.
> 
> http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/Taxonomy/Browser/wwwtax.cgi?mode=Info&id=381124&lvl=3&lin=f&keep=1&srchmode=1&unlock 
> 
> 
>     -Marty
> 
> At 4:02 PM -0500 4/11/07, 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
>>
> 

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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