[ensembl-dev] Takifugu rubripes - Genenames

[Glenn Proctor]

Hi Elsa

For some species, we project gene names from highly-annotated species
(e.g. human) onto the target species, based on Compara homologies. In
nearly all cases we use the Compara 1:1 homologies. However for fish
we also use the 1:many homologies, and add a suffix (1 of 2 or
whatever) to the projected name to indicate this.

The projections done for the fish are:

human -> zebrafish
human -> medaka
human -> tetraodon
human -> fugu
human -> stickleback

I hope this clarifies things.

Glenn.

On Fri, Mar 11, 2011 at 9:10 AM, Elsa Chacko <elsa.chacko at mq.edu.au> wrote:
> Hi
>
> I am a bit confused as to why there is a (1 of 2) and (2 of 2) along with
> the geneNames for the genes in the species Takifugu rubripes . For example:
> for gene ID: ENSTRUG00000002307, the geneName is ZNF395 (2 of 2) and for
> gene ID: ENSTRUG00000003845 the geneNme is ZNF395 (1 of 2). I have however
> not seen this naming system in species like human, mouse or chicken.
>
> kindly assist
> Elsa
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