Re: [SO-devel] New term suggestion

[David E. <em...@mo...>]

Hi Michael,

>>  genome has been suggested as a new term.
>>  I am wary of this because a genome is for the most part discontinuous,
>>  and stitching it up to make a region of continuous sequence would be
>>  somewhat arbitrary.
>>
>>  Anyone else have an opinion?

Just curious...  What about mitochondrial genomes?
We're using "chromosome" in chado for the Dmel mitochondrial genome...

Best,

-Dave

On Tue, 21 Feb 2006 6:33, Michael Ashburner (Genetics) wrote:
> I agree it has no place.
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>>  genome has been suggested as a new term.
>>  I am wary of this because a genome is for the most part discontinuous,
>>  and stitching it up to make a region of continuous sequence would be
>>  somewhat arbitrary.
>>
>>  Anyone else have an opinion?
>>  --Karen
>>
>>  Initial Comment:
>>  Suggestion: How about a term "genome" ?
>>
>>  It itself is used within other term names, their definitions, and 
>> even a
>>  relationship (genome_of).   Primarily, I was simply hoping to reason
>>  that a
>>  chromosome was part_of a genome, but presumably this term would be
>>  wide-reaching (many possible "parts")...
>>
>>  Possible defs:
>>  http://www.google.com/search?oi=defmore&defl=en&q=define:Genome
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