neuroblast vs. neuronal progenitor

[Doug howe]

Such a thing can only happen with OBO1.2, via the "intersection_of" 
tag...right?

chris mungall wrote:
>
> how about a more general policy - automatic importation of syns from 
> CellO?
>
> On May 22, 2006, at 11:31 AM, Doug howe wrote:
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>> 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
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