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PATO - the Phenotype And Trait Ontology
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NTR: cell morphology #364

Closed dosumis closed 3 years ago

dosumis commented 3 years ago

rdfs:label "cell morphology" definition "A quality of a single cell inhering in the bearer by virtue of the bearer's size or shape or structure." rdfs:comment "Use this term for morphologies that can only inhere in a cell, e.g. morphological qualities inhering in a cell by virtue of the presence, location or shape of one or more cell parts."

Motivation: We need a parent class for neuronal morphologies e e.g. pyramidal https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pyramidal_cell#Structure - has text : "One of the main structural features of the pyramidal neuron is the conic shaped soma, or cell body, after which the neuron is named. Other key structural features of the pyramidal cell are a single axon, a large apical dendrite, multiple basal dendrites, and the presence of dendritic spines."

dosumis commented 3 years ago

Example text for subclasses:

Following the standard formal pattern: A quality of a neuron inhering in its bearer by virtue of it having a pyramidal shaped soma, a single axon, a large apical dendrite and multiple basal dendrites.

But this is rather hard to read. I suggest instead:

A cell morphology that inheres in neurons which have a pyramidal shaped soma, a single axon, a large apical dendrite and multiple basal dendrites.

dosumis commented 3 years ago

CC @shawntanzk