Definition/use of GO:0040035 hermaphrodite genitalia development

[suzialeksander]

From Helpdesk email:

Dear curators,

Thank you for providing this excellent resource which I have been using for almost 15 years now. After this long period, I finally encountered a problem with Gene Ontology. In a recent manuscript, we reported some results of a Gene Ontology analysis for C. elegans genes. One of the terms that came up was 'hermaphrodite genitalia development' (GO:0040035).

One of the reviewers remarked:

"NB (page 7): Nematodes don’t have hermaphrodite genitalia. Hermaphroditic nematodes have female genitalia.
This looks like someone else’s terminology, but I think the wording could still be upgraded here."

I asked several colleagues and they all agreed with the reviewer's view.

Therefore, I would like to bring your attention to this issue and I would suggest to assess, whether a change in the Gene Ontology would be possible and appropriate. If you need another expert opinion, I would recommend to ask Paul Sternberg who is also listed as PI on the GO website.

[suzialeksander]

This email came in earlier this month and I didn't see a reply or active ticket so I'm assuming it was not yet addressed. @vanaukenk I'm not sure if this is annotation instead of ontology??

[vanaukenk]

Thanks @suzialeksander
This looks like an ontology issue. I'll take a look.

[cmungall]

it's in wbbt (which is linked indirectly via go->uberon->wbbt)

https://www.ebi.ac.uk/ols/ontologies/wbbt/terms?iri=http%3A%2F%2Fpurl.obolibrary.org%2Fobo%2FWBbt_0005178&lang=en&viewMode=PreferredRoots&siblings=false

[suzialeksander]

Closed as issue is transferred to geneontology/go-ontology#23531