taxon rule for GO:0022601 menstrual cycle phase

[gocentral]

GO:0022601 menstrual cycle phase Definition: The progression of physiological phases, occurring in the endometrium during the menstrual cycle that recur at regular intervals during the reproductive years. The menstrual cycle is an ovulation cycle where the endometrium is shed if pregnancy does not occur.

Wikipedia indicates that menstrual cycles are limited to primates, elephant shrew and some bats.

I would like to add the following taxon constraints for this term: GO:0022601 menstrual cycle phase only_in_taxon 9443 primates GO:0022601 menstrual cycle phase only_in_taxon 28734 elephants shrews GO:0022601 menstrual cycle phase only_in_taxon 9397 Chiroptera

Thanks.

Reported by: fmccarthy

Original Ticket: geneontology/ontology-requests/10873

[gocentral]

Related to this is the estrous cycle in mammals that do not have menstruation cycle. So - GO:0060206 estrous cycle phase only_in_taxon 40674 Mammalia GO:0060206 estrous cycle phase never_in_taxon 9443 primates GO:0060206 estrous cycle phase never_in_taxon 28734 elephants shrews

I would say that birds and reptiles ovulate but do NOT have an ovulation cycle; they have breeding seasons that respond to environmental cues. So a more specific rule for ovulation cycle would be GO:0042698 ovulation cycle only_in_taxon 40674 Mammalia

Original comment by: fmccarthy

[gocentral]

• assigned_to: Jane Lomax

Original comment by: dosumis

[gocentral]

• assigned_to: Jane Lomax --> David Hill

Original comment by: jl242

[ukemi]

Looking at the ontology, it looks like the estrous cycle and menstrual cycle already have taxon restrictions. To make an only_in relation, we need to propagate up to the common parent. Only in means that is it in nothing else. So only in bats means that it is not in humans. From annotations, it looks like fish, flies and amphibians have all used the term. For now I will leave the taxon restrictions as is. If we need 'never in' tags for specific children of the current terms, please open a new ticket.