Growth and development

[Pascale Gaudet]

Looks good to me too (as far as dicty goes).
Although I thought that the original problem was about a case of non 
developmental growth in oocytes

http://sourceforge.net/tracker/index.php?func=detail&aid=1170007&group_id=36855&atid=440764

??
Pascale

At 01:48 PM 5/3/2005 +0100, J Clark wrote:
>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,
>>>
>>>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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