neuroblast vs. neuronal progenitor

[chris mungall]

how about a more general policy - automatic importation of syns from  
CellO?

On May 22, 2006, at 11:31 AM, Doug howe wrote:

> Would everyone agree if I were to suggest that all GO terms that  
> have "neuroblast" in the term name also have an exact synonym using  
> the term "neuronal progenitor"?
>
> Eg.
> "neuroblast differentiation" would get an exact synonym of  
> "neuronal progenitor differentiation".
>
> Likewise, I would like to suggest a new term on SourceForge for  
> "glioblast differentiation" with the exactly synonym "glial  
> progenitor differentiation".
>
> I realize that sometimes a single cells can pass through a stage  
> during which it is a progenitor capable of generating neurons and  
> glia in some cases..but I think this is OK..maybe we could even  
> have a term like "neuro-glial progenitor differentiation" to  
> represent differentiation of this type of cell?
>
> What do you think?
>
> -Doug