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#125 protoderm

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2014-12-04
2010-06-15
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Protoderm PO:0006210 should be is_a meristem, part_of apical meristem.

Current def: The undifferentiated surface cell layer of the primary plant body, which gives rise to epidermis.
New def: A meristem that is part of the apical meristem and gives rise to a portion of epidermis.

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  • Ramona Walls

    Ramona Walls - 2010-06-15

    It might be better to say that the protoderm develops from the outer layer of the apical meristem, rather than say that it is part of the apical meristem. Could use develops from meristem L1 (PO:0009020) for shoots, but I think not for roots.

    Slightly revised new def: A meristem that develops from the outer layer of an apical meristem and gives rise to a portion of epidermis.

     
  • Dennis Stevenson

    We need to define the primary and secondary plant bodies.

    Primary: derive from apical meristem, both root and shoot
    Secondary: derived from lateral meristems: vascular cambium and phellogen

     
  • Ramona Walls

    Ramona Walls - 2010-06-23

    At POC conference call 6-23-10, decided to keep part_of apical meristem.

    We will make SF tracker items for primary and secondary plant body, and deal with them separately.

     
  • Ramona Walls

    Ramona Walls - 2010-06-24

    New definition: protoderm: A meristem that that develops from the outer layer of an apical meristem and gives rise to a portion of epidermis. Part_of apical meristem.

     
  • Laurel Cooper

    Laurel Cooper - 2010-06-28

    This term was accepted at the 6-23-10 conference call and was closed.

     
  • Dennis Stevenson

    it actually gives rise to all of the epidermis, not just a portion. The epidermis is continuous over the whole plant.

     
  • Chris Mungall

    Chris Mungall - 2010-06-28

    this is where prefixing "portion of.." can actually make things clearer

    * every portion of protoderm can give rise to a portion of epidermis
    * the whole protoderm can give rise to the whole epidermis

    we don't need to prefix the term so long as we're clear that we are talking about portions from the definitions and the hierarchy

     
  • Ramona Walls

    Ramona Walls - 2014-07-10

    A protoderm can also be present in a plant embryo, therefore I suggest that we modify this definition.

    New proposed def.:
    protoderm (PO:0006210): A portion of meristem tissue (PO:ID) that develops from the outer layer of an apical meristem (PO:ID) or the outer layer of a plant embryo (PO:ID) and gives rise to a portion of epidermis (PO:ID).

    Comment: Protoderm may or may not arise from independent initial cells (PO:0004011). Some researchers also call it an epidermis in a meristematic state.

    New exact synonym: portion of protoderm tissue

     
  • Laurel Cooper

    Laurel Cooper - 2014-12-02

    propose slightly modified revised definition:

    protoderm (PO:0006210): A portion of meristem tissue (PO:0009013) that is the outer layer of an apical meristem (PO:0020144), or the outer layer of a plant embryo (PO:0009009), and gives rise to a portion of epidermis (PO:0005679).

    Note: changed "develops from the outer layer" to "is the outer layer"

    I am not absolutely sure about this, but it seems more clear- According to our revised definitions, it forms in the first embryo dev stage (globular), so I think it works.

    The confusion arises with the child terms, as they are defined using the "is_a"

    e.g.:
    adaxial protoderm (PO:0006083):
    was: A portion of protoderm (PO:0006210) tissue that is the outermost layer of the shoot apical meristem (PO:0020148) and gives rise to the leaf adaxial epidermis (PO:0006018).

    comments?

     
  • Laurel Cooper

    Laurel Cooper - 2014-12-02

    I see that there was some discussion about the wording of this earlier. Either way is fine with me, but I think they should be consistent.

     
  • Laurel Cooper

    Laurel Cooper - 2014-12-04

    I think we might be better to say it is the outer layer of the embryo or SAM, at a particular stage. Using "develops from the outer layer" makes it sounds like the outer layer is a structure which could be related to the protoderm through 'develops_from'. In reality, though the outer layer is sort of a vague region.

     

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