Growth and Development

[J Clark]

Hi Tanya,
> 
> I've found just a couple of plant specific growth terms:
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> pollen tube growth
> meristem growth
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> 
> I think they're both developmental growth.  Would you agree?

Yes I'd agree with that. :-)

Shall I just give those the additional parentage 
'developmental growth' then? I could give them the synonyms 
'pollen tube developmental growth' and 'meristem 
developmental growth' but I think that might just confuse 
things.

Thanks,

Jen




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> Tanya
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> On Wed, 22 Jun 2005, J Clark wrote:
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> 
>>Hi,
>>
>>I have just implemented the proposal to take growth out from
>>under development and make the new single cell terms (as
>>detailed at the bottom of this mail).
>>
>>Would it be possible to check the growth terms that apply to
>>your species of interest and tell me if any connections need
>>to be made to the development terms? I guess some will be 'x
>>growth' and some may be 'x developmental growth'. If we can
>>figure out which are 'x developmental growth' then I can
>>make the necessary connections.
>>
>>Thanks,
>>
>>Jen
>>
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>>New terms added:
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>>  [Term]
>>  id: GO:0048588
>>  name: developmental growth of a unicellular organism
>>  namespace: biological_process
>>def: "The growth of a single celled organism prior
>>to division\, where growth is aimed at the
>>progression of the organism over time from one
>>condition to another." [GO:curators]
>>  is_a: GO:0016049 ! cell growth
>>  is_a: GO:0048589 ! developmental growth
>>  relationship: part_of GO:0008283 ! cell proliferation
>>  relationship: part_of GO:0048468 ! cell development
>>
>>  [Term]
>>  id: GO:0048589
>>  name: developmental growth
>>  namespace: biological_process
>>  def: "The increase in size or mass of an entire
>>  organism\, a part of an organism or a cell \,
>>  where the increase in size or mass is aimed at
>>  the progression of the organism over time from
>>  one condition to another." [GO:curators]
>>  is_a: GO:0007275 ! development
>>  is_a: GO:0040007 ! growth
>>
>>  [Term]
>>  id: GO:0048590
>>  name: non-developmental growth
>>  namespace: biological_process
>>  def: "The increase in size or mass of an entire
>>  organism\, a part of an organism or a cell \,
>>  where the increase in size or mass is not aimed
>>  at the progression of the organism over t ime
>>  from one condition to another." [GO:curators]
>>  is_a: GO:0040007 ! growth
>>
>>  [Term]
>>  id: GO:0048591
>>  name: non-developmental growth of a unicellular organism
>>  namespace: biological_process
>>  def: "The growth of a single celled organism
>>  prior to division\, where the growth does not
>>  change the organism from one condition to another
>>  condition over time." [GO:curators]
>>  is_a: GO:0016049 ! cell growth
>>  is_a: GO:0048590 ! non-developmental growth
>>  relationship: part_of GO:0008283 ! cell proliferation
>>
>>
>>--
>>EMBL - European Bioinformatics Institute,
>>Gene Ontology Consortium,
>>and Wolfson College, Cambridge.
>>http://www.ebi.ac.uk/~jclark/
>>
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