[go] total genes/gene products annotated versus genome size

Michael Ashburner ma11 at gen.cam.ac.uk
Fri Dec 21 04:17:33 PST 2007


I aboslutely agree; this is a boring discussion and the metadata  
would mean we never have to do it again.
Michael
On 21 Dec 2007, at 01:51, Mike Cherry wrote:

> May be this can be setup before the GOC.  What we need is someone  
> to make a proposal for the format and content of the information to  
> be added.
>
> -Mike
>
>
> On Dec 20, 2007, at 5:19 PM, Sue Rhee wrote:
>
>> I agree. Can this be included as a topic for the next GOC meeting  
>> if it isn't implemented by then?
>> Sue
>>
>> Chris Mungall wrote:
>>>
>>> These numbers should be added as metadata in the comments of the  
>>> association files (using SO IDs to be unambiguous and eliminate  
>>> repetitive discussions about genes vs pc genes vs non-genes like  
>>> pseudogenes)
>>>
>>> On Dec 20, 2007, at 11:03 AM, Sue Rhee wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hi again,
>>>>
>>>> Yes, Judy's point is well-taken. I have updated the table to  
>>>> reflect only protein-encoding genes. I now have figures for  
>>>> arabidopsis, human, cow, and chicken (thank you Emily). If other  
>>>> organism DBs could send me their numbers, I would appreciate it  
>>>> very much.
>>




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