Gramene Development Site Feedback: Zea mays subsp. ramosa?

[Maize Genetics COOP Stock Center]

Pankaj,

OK, that sounds fine to me.

	-Marty

At 9:51 AM -0400 4/12/07, Pankaj Jaiswal wrote:
>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.
>>>>
>>>>Submitted by Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; U; PPC Mac OS X Mach-O; 
>>>>en-US; rv:1.8.1.2) Gecko/20070221 SeaMonkey/1.1.1 from 
>>>>130.126.89.70
>>>>
>>>
>>>--
>>>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


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