Growth and development

[J Clark]

Hi,

I've written to Chris several times over the last few weeks 
to ask if he agrees with this proposal and I think he must 
just be too busy to get back to us. In order not to hold 
things up any longer I propose now to implement the proposal 
below (previous e-mail) in some form.

Does anybody have any ideas for the term strings and sensu 
taxa for these terms?

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.


Thanks,

Jen





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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