April 2012 Release Page

Release announcements

New Release: March 2012

The latest release of the PO, version #17, is available on our <a href="http://www.plantontology.org/amigo/go.cgi "> Ontology Browser.</a>

This full releaese adds new annotations for Physcomitrella patens and updated annotations for Zea mays. There are no changes to the ontology relative to version #16.

In collaboration with <a href="http://www.maizegdb.org// "> MaizeGDB</a>, we have recently added ~1.5 million new associations between Plant Ontology terms and ~35,000 Zea mays gene models from the recent sequencing of the Maize genome. These associations are based on a large NimbleGen microarray data set profiling transcription patterns in 60 tissues of the inbred line B73. More information on the data set and the mappings can be found at the <a href="http://www.maizegdb.org/cgi-bin/displayrefrecord.cgi?id=9021423 "> MaizeGDB</a> site.

This release also features the addition of Spanish and Japanese translations of the term names.

For more information and to view a summary of the latest changes, please visit: <a href="http://wiki.plantontology.org/index.php/October_2011_Release_Page"> October 2011 Release Page</a>

Summary of Changes

For more information about the release, please visit our wikipage with a Summary_of_Changes_to_PO-_March_2012.

You can also view a list of New_terms_and_obsolete_terms-March_2012_Release

How to Provide Feedback

You can send feedback via email from our Feedback link. This is available in the upper left corner of any page on the beta browser. If you have comments on a specific page or term, please include the url of the page/term you are referring to in the appropriate box of the feedback form. Be sure to include your email on the feedback form, so we can contact you with any questions.

You can also contact us at po-discuss@plantontology.org.

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