vascular system development vs. vasculature development

[David Hill]

Doug,

I am posting a response to this in the sourceforge item that Jen started.

David






Doug howe wrote:

> I guess this sort of leads into another question then.  If 
> 'vasculature development' had a synonym 'vascular system development', 
> would the term 'vascular development' then be an is_a child of both 
> 'organ development' and 'system development'?  Doesn't that mean that 
> the vascular system is simultaneously an organ and a system?  
> Leveraging Midori's "I'm not an expert" clause...I would hazard a 
> guess that something cannot be both an organ and a system at the same 
> time...?
>
> -Doug
>
> Midori Harris wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>>> Doug howe wrote:
>>>
>>> GO currently has a term 'vasculature development' (GO:0001944) which 
>>> is a child of 'organ development'...but GO has no term "vascular 
>>> system development' as a child of 'system development'.
>>>
>>> A few questions follow from this:
>>>
>>> 1. Should a new term exist for 'vascular system development', and if 
>>> so...how is it different from 'vasculature development'?
>>
>>
>> All of the usual "I'm not an expert" caveats apply, but I don't see 
>> any difference between vasculature and vascular system. Unless anyone 
>> who does know the biology better tells us otherwise, I'd say a 
>> synonym is the way to GO.
>>
>> m
>


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