Subject: Re: beached/clue cheese
Rachel,
Thanks for letting me know about this. It's fine with me to rename it,
so go ahead.
Rachel.
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>Dear Kai, and Rachel,
>
>Kim Finley has been in touch with me about renaming FBgn0043362
>(currently Beach1: Beached 1) to bchs: blue cheese. Kim indicates that
>this is acceptable to you. We do not generally rename genes in FlyBase
>but while a gene record is new/small, and if (crucially) all groups
>working on that gene agree to the change and intend to use the new name
>in future publications then we can do it. So please confirm to me that
>this is all in order. Our email correspondence will be archived as a
>personal communication from you all to FlyBase, to act as the source
>for this change.
>
>With best regards,
>
>Rachel.
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>Rachel Drysdale, Ph.D.
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>FlyBase (Cambridge),
>Department of Genetics,
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