Dear Chlamydomonas Community:
The votes have been tabulated and the outcome is below. I would suggest that
we start to use our new nomenclature rules.
Susan Dutcher
1. A three-letter designation followed by a number:
In Favor 69
Opposed 0
2. Omitting the hyphen between the acronym (letter) designation and the
number (abc1)
In Favor 65
Opposed 3
Undecided 1
3. Pick one alternative:
Designating locus in upper case letters
(ABC1)
In Favor 48
Designating locus in lower case letters
(abc1)
In Favor 20
Optional 1
4. Pick one alternative:
Designating wild-type allele in upper case letters
In Favor 54
Designating wild-type allele in lower case letters with a superscript +
In Favor 13
Undecided 2
5. Using d, r, and c to indicate dominant, recessive and codominant alleles,
if known
In Favor 55
Opposed 12
Undecided 2
6. Use of the double colon and the inserting DNA to indicate an insertion
In Favor 54
Opposed 10
Undecided/
Optional 5
