Subject: Helping FlyBase: ADRC-50855 Dear Jeronimo, We are currently curating the abstracts for the upcoming 46th (San Diego) Annual Drosophila Research Conference, for FlyBase. I am writing in connection with your abstract: Characterization of mule, a gene encoding a deubiquitinating enzyme required for ovary and testes germline development. You mention a gene symbol that is new to FlyBase, mule. Do you know which of the Genome Project CG annotations your gene corresponds to? All the CGs have corresponding gene records in FlyBase already and we don't like to make duplicate records for what is actually the same gene unless we can't avoid it. The CG symbols become synonyms when an annotation is named with a more descriptive or functional name. With best wishes, Rachel. Subject: Re: Helping FlyBase: ADRC-50855 Hi Rachel, The gene mule mentioned in my abstract for the 46th Annual Drosophila Research Conference in San Diego is CG5505. I'm sorry for getting to you so late. Your e-mail was buried in a sea of junk mail. Thank you, Jeronimo P. Ribaya