Proposed Genetic Nomenclature Rules for Tetrahymena thermophila, Paramecium primaurelia and Paramecium tetraurelia

Proposed Genetic Nomenclature Rules for Tetrahymena thermophila, Paramecium primaurelia and Paramecium tetraurelia

Sally Lyman Allen^a, Marsha I. Altschuler^b, Peter J. Bruns^c, Jean Cohen^d, F. Paul Doerder^e, Jacek Gaertig^f, Martin Gorovsky^g, Eduardo Orias^h, and Aaron Turkewitzⁱ
^a Department of Biology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109-1048,
^b Department of Biology, Williams College, Williamstown, Massachusetts 01267,
^c Biological Sciences, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York 14853,
^d Centre de Genetique Moleculaire, CNRS, Gif-sur-Yvette 91198, France,
^e Department of Biology, Cleveland State University, Cleveland, Ohio 44115,
^f Department of Cellular Biology, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia 30602-2607,
^g Department of Biology, University of Rochester, Rochester, New York 14627,
^h Department of Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology, University of California, Santa Barbara, California 93106
ⁱ Department of Molecular, Genetic, and Cell Biology, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60637

Corresponding author: Sally Lyman Allen, Department of Biology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1048, slallen{at}umich.edu (E-mail).

Communicating editor: R. H. DAVIS

The genetics of the ciliated protozoa Tetrahymena thermophilaand certain species of Paramecium (P. primaurelia and P. tetraurelia)have reached a level of maturity such that rules for geneticnomenclature for micronuclear and macronuclear genetics needto be clarified for workers in the field as well as for othergeneticists. After a short introduction, the rules follow.

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