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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Calibri>Dear GO friends,</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Calibri>I'm doing a linguistic analysis of biological
process terms in GO and, as a non-biologist, have encountered a puzzle in some
terms related to pigmentation.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV>
<P style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 1in" class=MsoNormal><FONT
face=Calibri><FONT size=2><SPAN style="mso-no-proof: yes"><IMG
alt="is_a relationship" src="" width=15 height=15
v:shapes="Picture_x0020_4"></SPAN><SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><U>GO:0043473 :</U> <U>pigmentation:</U>
The deposition or aggregation of coloring matter in an organism, tissue or cell
</FONT></FONT></P>
<P style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 1.5in" class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="mso-no-proof: yes"><FONT face=Calibri><FONT size=2><IMG
alt="is_a relationship" src="" width=15 height=15
v:shapes="Picture_x0020_8"><SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN></FONT></FONT></SPAN><A
title="View details of developmental pigmentation" href=""><FONT color=#0000ff
size=2 face=Calibri>GO:0048066 : developmental pigmentation</FONT></A><FONT
size=2 face=Calibri>: The developmental process that results in the deposition
of coloring matter in an organism, tissue or cell. </FONT><A
title="View gene products associated with this term" href=""></A><FONT
face=Calibri><FONT size=2><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN></FONT></FONT></P><SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes">
<P style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 1.5in" class=MsoNormal><FONT
face=Calibri><FONT size=2><SPAN style="mso-no-proof: yes"><IMG
alt="is_a relationship" src="" width=15 height=15
v:shapes="Picture_x0020_12"><SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN></SPAN><U><A
title="View details of pigment accumulation" href=""><FONT
color=#0000ff>GO:0043476 : pigment accumulation</FONT></A></U>: The aggregation
of coloring matter in a particular location in an organism, tissue or cell,
occurring in response to some external stimulus. </FONT></FONT><A
title="View gene products associated with this term" href=""></A><FONT
face=Calibri><FONT size=2><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN></FONT></FONT></P></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Calibri></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2><SPAN
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lang=EN-GB>Pigment accumulation, a process that is in response to some external
stimulus, is differentiated from developmental pigmentation, driven presumably
by internal cues. These processes, however, are further differentiated by
</SPAN><SPAN
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matter being aggregated in the first and deposited, not aggregated, in the
second. <SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> Depositing and aggregating
coloring matter differ in their verbal aspect--this is what interests me
here.</SPAN></SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN
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style="mso-spacerun: yes"><FONT size=2
face=Calibri></FONT></SPAN></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN
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style="mso-spacerun: yes"><FONT size=2>So my question is: Is it really not
possible for <SPAN
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lang=EN-GB>pigment aggregation to play any role in developmental pigmentation or
for pigment deposition to play any role in response to external stimuli? Is this
distinction intended?</SPAN></FONT></SPAN></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN
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lang=EN-GB><FONT size=2 face=Calibri></FONT></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN
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style="mso-spacerun: yes"><SPAN
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lang=EN-GB><FONT size=2>The subtype processes under developmental pigmentation
(cuticle, eye, and sex-specific pigmentation) give no clue and have their own
aspectual problems.</FONT></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></DIV>
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lang=EN-GB><FONT size=2 face=Calibri></FONT></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN
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lang=EN-GB><FONT size=2>I'd appreciate any
thoughts.</FONT></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></DIV>
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lang=EN-GB><FONT size=2>Colleen</FONT></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></DIV></BODY></HTML>