Growth and development

[J Clark]

Hi David,

I can't think of one either.

Jen

David Hill wrote:

> Hi Jen,
> 
> This looks ok to me. Is there ever a case where growth would not be 
> developmental in a non-unicellular organism? I can't think of one.
> 
> David
> 
> J Clark wrote:
> 
>> Hi,
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>> I have rewritten the proposal clarifying the two terms of interest.
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>> Does this seem like a better representation?
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>> If it does then would Chris be happy with the use of a sensu 
>> designation so high up in the DAG?
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>> Thanks,
>>
>> Jen
>>
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>> Proposal:
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>> 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:
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>> [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
>>
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>> 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.
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>> 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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