[Medicago] Plant Ontology Database Release February 2007

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Dear Colleagues,

Plant Ontology Consortium (POC, http://www.plantontology.org) is  
excited to announce the release 0207 (February 2007) of the Plant  
Ontology Database.  The release notes are available at: http:// 
www.plantontology.org/docs/release_notes/index.html

In this new release, the major difference is that we introduced over  
8000 rice QTL from Gramene Database (www.gramene.org) into POC,  
cereal researchers are encouraged to use PO terms to describe Plant  
Structure and Plant Growth Stages associated with their QTL of  
interest.  One example ( PTHT, QTL for plant height ) can be found at:
http://www.plantontology.org/amigo/go.cgi? 
action=query&view=query&session_id=4865b1173468682&query=plant 
+height&search_constraint=gp

To view other changes please visit the plant ontology browser  
available at http://www.plantontology.org/amigo/go.cgi

The new ontology files and the database dump is available for  
download. Please follow the instructions for downloading provided at  
http://plantontology.org/download/download.html#download

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Ontology updates:  21 new terms were added

PO:0005003    stem trichome
PO:0005008    fruit septum
PO:0005009    carpel septum
PO:0005010    anther septum
PO:0005011    anther dehiscence zone
PO:0005012    pedicel vascular system
PO:0005013    hypocotyl epidermis
PO:0005014    embryo cortex
PO:0005015    embryo endodermis
PO:0005016    replum
PO:0005017    flower vascular system
PO:0005018    stamen vascular system
PO:0005019    carpel vascular system
PO:0005020    vascular bundle
PO:0005021    sepal margin
PO:0005022    ovary wall
PO:0005023    abaxial epidermis of ovary
PO:0005024    adaxial epidermis of ovary
PO:0005025    middle layer of ovary wall
PO:0005026    root giant cell
PO:0005027    root syncytium cell

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Associations/annotations:

Total number of associations: 31914 (18138 are new)
Total number of unique objects (genes & germplasms): 15814 (8962 are  
new)
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Sincerely,
The Plant Ontology Consortium

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