Growth and development

[J Clark]

Hi,

I have rewritten the proposal clarifying the two terms of 
interest.

Does this seem like a better representation?

If it does then would Chris be happy with the use of a sensu 
designation so high up in the DAG?

Thanks,

Jen


Proposal:

Currently we are saying that some species research groups 
that study single celled organisms
define the relationship between growth and development
differently from other species research groups.
e.g. one group may say that the growth that occurs prior to
  division of the single celled organsim is developmental 
growth (e.g. pombe),
whilst other research groups say that that kind of growth is
not developmental growth (e.g. dicty).

The way we're suggesting we'll deal with this is to represent
individual instances of growth according to the view of the
relevant research community and that we'll clarify things by
adding synonyms. If a term 'x growth' needs to have a
development parent as well as a growth parent then I add an
exact synonym 'x developmental growth'. If a term 'x growth'
does not need a development parent then it does not get the
synonym. It seems to me that we might also need a sensu term
as follows:

[i]development
---[p]developmental growth
------[i]unicellular organism growth prior to division
          (sensu x)
[i]growth
---[i]unicellular organism growth prior to division
       (sensu y)
---[i]developmental growth


Term: unicellular organism growth prior to division
       (sensu x)
exact_synonym: unicellular organism developmental growth 	 
              prior to division
def: The growth of single celled organisms, prior to 
division, for organisms whose research community considers 
that that kind of growth _is_ part of development.


Term: unicellular organism growth prior to division
       (sensu y)
def: The growth of single celled organisms, prior to 
division, for organisms whose research community considers 
that that kind of growth _is_not_ part of development.













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