Dear Rosaceae Community Members,

During the Prunus workshop at the RGC3 Conference in New Zealand, Cameron Peace, Eben Oqundiwin and I were asked to work on developing a draft of QTL nomenclature suggestions that could be used to standardize QTL reporting within Prunus. I've attached a working document for the community as a whole to comment on. Although we have concentrated on Prunus, please note that the opportunity exists to expand these suggestions to the entire Rosaceae family.

If you find this topic interesting and would like to be included in future mailings, please follow this link to the Genome Database for Rosaceae website

http://www.mainlab.clemson.edu/cgi-bin/gdr/signup_ROSACEAE-QTL-LIST.cgi

and sign up for the QTL topics mailing list. Once you have signed up for the mailing list, you can use the email address rosaceae-qtl-list@genome.clemson.edu to send mail to the subscribed group. Communications from this mailing list can then be viewed at:

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You may also address any comments and suggestions concerning this topic directly to me - you'll find the contact information below. I look forward to hearing from you!

Sincerely,

Jim Olmstead Cherry Breeding - Washington State University