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Nomenclature Committee

At the AOWC meeting in 2014, it was decided that the Nomenclature Committee would serve the oat research community better by becoming a part of the International Oat Conference (IOC) group. This change was agreed upon at the 2016 IOC meeting. The current membership of the Nomenclature Committee (IONC) is listed here. A page has been set up on GrainGenes to host official communications.

 
New oat gene and chromosome nomenclature standards

Jellen, E.N., Wight, C.P., Spannagl, M., Blake, V.C., Chong, J., Herrmann, M.H., Howarth, C.J., Huang, Y.-F., Juqing, J., Katsiotis, A., Langdon, T., Li, C., Park, R., Tinker, N.A., and Sen, T.Z. (2024) A uniform gene and chromosome nomenclature system for oat (Avena spp.). Crop & Pasture Science 75: CP23247.

 
Lists of oat genes and quantitative trait loci

• GrainGenes database list of genes tagged "Avena"
• Wight, C.P., Blake, V.C., Jellen, E.N., Yao, E., Sen, T.Z., and Tinker, N.A. (2024) One hundred years of comparative genetic and physical mapping in cultivated oat (Avena sativa). Crop & Pasture Science 75: CP23246.
• Supplementary materials can be found at the link above or here. Genome browser tracks are here (check listing on the left hand side).
• Simons, M.D., Martens, J.W., McKenzie, R.I.H., Nishiyama, I., Sadanaga, K., Sebesta, J., and Thomas, H. (1978) Oats: a standardized system of nomenclature for genes and chromosomes and catalog of genes governing characters. U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, DC. USDA Agric. Handb. 408.
• Simons, M.D., Zillinsky, F.J., and Jensen, N.F. (1966) A standardized system of nomenclature for genes governing characters of oats. USDA, ARS Bull. 34-85, 22 pp..

Oat gene mapping and sequencing

• GrainGenes: A database for Triticeae and Avena
  • GrainGenes tutorials
  • CMap comparative map viewer
  • Genome browsers
  • GrainGenes BLAST feature
• The Triticeae Toolbox for Oat (T3/Oat)
  • T3 (Breedbase) tutorials
• Oat ontology curation tool
• NCBI - home
  • Avena spp. page
  • BLAST
  • List of all NCBI resources
• DDBJ - home
• ENA - home
• EnsemblPlants
• Planteome

Some resources concerning DSI (Digital Sequencing Information) and its use in the context of the CBD and ITPGRFA

• Harmonize rules for digital sequence information benefit-sharing across UN frameworks
• Despite negotiations in 2024, disagreements over DSI persist
• What is digital sequence information’s role in agricultural research and benefit-sharing?
• CGIAR: Digital sequence information is changing the way genetic resources are used in agricultural research and development: implications for new benefit-sharing norms. A discussion paper from CGIAR for consideration by delegates to the 15th Session of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity.
• 2020 Report of the Ad Hoc Technical Expert Group on digital sequence information on genetic resources
• WiLDSI - Finding compromise on ABS & DSI in the CBD: Requirements & policy ideas from a scientific perspective
• Practical consequences of digital sequence information (DSI) definitions and access and benefit-sharing scenarios from a plant genebank’s perspective
• Uses and benefits of digital sequence information from plant genetic resources: Lessons learnt from botanical collections

(Other information can be found in the "Oat Newsletter Archives" and more recent Research Report sections, as well as in the "Historical Documents" section)