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Title: OBJECT REFERENCING AND A PLANT-WIDE GENE NOMENCLATURE

Author
item POLACCO, MARY

Submitted to: Plant and Animal Genome VX Conference Abstracts
Publication Type: Abstract Only
Publication Acceptance Date: 1/18/1998
Publication Date: N/A
Citation: N/A

Interpretive Summary:

Technical Abstract: MaizeDB (http://www.agron.missouri.edu) currently describes 229 loci where a Plant-Wide Gene Name, selected or adapted from Gene Mendel has been assigned. Currently there are some 1996 loci described, where sequence information is available but no Plant-Wide Name assigned. This gap may be anticipated to widen enormously if a public corn genome initiative is funded and presumably the gap already exists for rice and Arabidopsis, where there has been extensive sequencing. The importance of a consensus nomenclature for inter- and intra-species mapping will be discussed.