Gramene Development Site Feedback: Zea mays subsp. ramosa?

[Maize Genetics COOP Stock Center]

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.
>>>
>>>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
>

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