Subject: Helping FlyBase: ADRC.06-60758
Dear Teresa,
We are currently curating the abstracts for the upcoming 47th
(Houston) Annual Drosophila Research Conference, for FlyBase.
I am writing in connection with your abstract:
nanahuatzin, a lysophospholipid enzyme required for sensory information
processing.
You mention a gene symbol that is new to FlyBase, nana.  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.
When we enter the gene into the database we can include an explanation
of the gene symbol/name.  What does nanahuatzin mean? I realise that
Nanahuatzin is a Mexican god \- what is the connection with the gene?
With best wishes,
Rachel.
Subject: nanahuatzin (flybase)
Dear Rachel:
I received your email about our abstract for the 47th Annual
Drosophila Research Conference. I am very sorry, but at this point in
time we are writing the nanahuatzin paper and we do not feel
comfortable releasing the identity of the gene.
.
About the gene name:   we named the locus nanahuatzin because nana
mutants have visual deficits, and we thought it fit to honor the Aztec
god that immolated himself to become the sun and give light to the
world, according to legend.
Sincerely:
Teresa Pena-Rangel