On 7/19/94 Patrick Ferris wrote: "Are the nomenclature systems used in other
organisms spelled out somewhere easily accessible? On-line would be nice. It
would be interesting to see how much detail they go into, and what sorts of
alternatives are in use."
I've been wondering the same thing. So far I've learned:
... For Arabidopsis, the nomenclature rules (listed below) and an interesting
bio.net discussion that led up to the adoption of these rules can be found
using the gopher path:
Arabidopsis Research companion, Mass Gen Hospital/Harvard/
Arabidopsis Information (thale cress)/
Arabidopsis BioSci Electronic conference (arab-gen) <?>
(I searched for "dominance" or "nomenclature")
... The yeast rules for genetic nomenclature are described in:
The Molecular Biology of the Yeast Saccharomyces, Life Cycle and
Inheritance. eds. Strathern, Jones, and Broach. CSH Laboratory, 1981.
pp. 639-640.
Methods in Enzymology Vol 194 (1991). Guide to Yeast Genetics and
Molecular Biology eds. Guthrie and Fink, pp. 8-11.
The Molecular and Cellular Biology of the Yeast Saccharomyces.
Vol1 (1991) eds. Broach, Pringle, and Jones. p.ix (this is the only
source I've found that addresses the nomenclature of gene products
in yeast).
... The maize nomenclature rules are described in the Maize Genetics Coop
Newsletter #68 (3/94).
Rogene Schnell
rogene at molbio.cbs.umn.edu
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