SAM restructuring suggestion

Leonore Reiser leonore.reiser at gmail.com
Fri Jun 10 17:43:08 EDT 2005


my pleasure- its been bugging me for quite a while- lets hope for some 
constructive discussion at this point.
Leo

On 6/10/05, Felipe Zapata <fzqhd at umsl.edu> wrote:
> 
> what a nice way to point out what has been a recurrent point of 
> disagreement on the construction/conceptualization/use of POC:
> 
> I think it is a big mistake to try and use the Plant Ontologies to 
> describe every mutant phenotype- its just not possible. 
> 
> 
> Thanks Leonore,
> 
> F
> 
> 
> 
> 
> Leonore
> 
> 
> 
> On 6/10/05, Pankaj Jaiswal <pj37 at cornell.edu> wrote:
> > 
> > 
> > <http://www.plantontology.org/amigo/go.cgi?action=plus_node&depth=1&search_constraint=terms&query=PO:00201482 
> > >
> > 
> > 
> > Refer to:
> > http://www.plantontology.org/amigo/go.cgi?view=details&show_associations=terms&search_constraint=terms&depth=0&query=PO:0020148 
> > 
> > 
> > Looks like we need a specific instance of SAM, ie. "vegetative shoot
> > apical meristem". The current term is too generic for curating
> > vegetative SAM.
> > 
> > The reason being, I am curating a lot of flowering time genes and many 
> > are involved in regulating the transition of vegetative SAM to
> > reproductive SAM. This event is critical in short-day or long-day light
> > response resulting in early/delayed flowering.
> > 
> > Current structure is like follows: 
> > 
> > 
> > # PO:0020148 : shoot apical meristem ( 32 )
> > 
> > * PO:0000224 : central zone
> > * PO:0006362 : embryonic shoot apical meristem
> > * PO:0000229 : floral meristem
> > * PO:0000230 : inflorescence meristem 
> > * PO:0009020 : meristem L1
> > * PO:0009021 : meristem L2
> > * PO:0009022 : meristem L3
> > * PO:0000225 : peripheral zone
> > * PO:0005039 : primary thickening meristem
> > * PO:0000226 : rib zone 
> > * PO:0006306 : shoot procambium
> > --------------------------------------------------
> > 
> > Proposed
> > 
> > # PO:0020148 : shoot apical meristem ( 32 )
> > i PO:new : vegetative shoot apical meristem
> > p PO:0000224 : central zone 
> > i PO:0006362 : embryonic shoot apical meristem
> > p PO:0009020 : meristem L1
> > p PO:0009021 : meristem L2
> > p PO:0009022 : meristem L3
> > p PO:0000225 : peripheral zone
> > p PO:0005039 : primary thickening meristem 
> > p PO:0000226 : rib zone
> > p PO:0006306 : shoot procambium
> > i PO:new : reproductive shoot apical meristem
> > i PO:0000229 : floral meristem
> > i PO:0000230 : inflorescence meristem
> > 
> > 
> > PO:0020148 : shoot apical meristem
> > Def: current
> > Meristem formed in the apex of the shoot, including meristems
> > originating as axillary shoot meristems.
> > Def: proposed
> > Meristem formed in the apex of the shoot or those originating as 
> > axillary and reproductive meristems.
> > 
> > PO:new : vegetative shoot apical meristem
> > Def: proposed
> > Copy the original SAM definition.
> > 
> > PO:new : reproductive shoot apical meristem
> > Def: proposed
> > Meristem formed in the apex of the shoot originating as
> > inflorescence and or flower meristems.
> > 
> > -Pankaj
> > 
> > 
> 
> ..............
> 
> Felipe Zapata
> 
> University of Missouri St. Louis
> 
> Department of Biology
> 
> 8001 Natural Bridge Rd.
> 
> St. Louis, MO 63121 USA
> 
> p.314.516.6200
> 
> 
> 
>
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