temporal aspects of 'X development' terms

[J Clark]

Hi David,

Can you give a slightly simpler version of this? I'm a bit confused.

> I think the really important point to be made here is that in the GO, if 
> you say that the development of a structure X is part_of the development 
> of a structure Y, then that means that when X is formed, a type of Y 
> exists. 

Did you mean part-of in time or part-of in space?

> So for the above issue Doug has to ask himself, "Does an ichthyologist 
> consider the vascular cord to be an is_a or part_of the vasculature?". 
> If the answer is yes, then there is a relationship between it and 
> vascular development, if the answer is no, then there is not.

Did you really mean that?

Thanks,

Jen (with rapidly overheating brain)