Proposed Abbreviations for major Rosaceae species

Proposed Abbreviations for major Rosaceae species

We recommend that authors do not include a species prefix in the gene symbol when submitting the gene data to NCBI, GDR or any other databases, so as to minimize the creation of duplicated names due to the species prefix. Authors are recommended, however, to use species prefix in publications for comparisons between genes of different species origin.

The species prefix in the table below are recommended for authors to use in publications for comparisons between genes of different species origin. For all other taxonomic species within Rosaceae, it is recommended that authors take a UNIPROT approach of using 5 letter abbreviations; 3 for the genus name and 2 for the species. The species prefix, along with the gene naming guideline, has been put together by Rosaceae Gene Name Standardization Subcommittee of RosEXEC/RosIGI

Common Name	Genus	Species	Prefix
	Aronia	melanocarpa	Ame
	Chaenomeles	japonica	Cja
	Cydonia	oblonga	Cob
	Eriobotrya	japonica	Eja
strawberry	Fragaria	x ananassa	Fan
	Fragaria	chiloensis	Fch
woodland strawberry	Fragaria	vesca	Fve
	Fragaria	virginiana	Fvi
apple	Malus	x domestica	Mdo
	Malus	pumila	Mpu
	Malus	sylvestris	Msy
	Mespilus	germanica	Mge
	Prunus	americana	Pam
	Prunus	angustifolia	Pan
apricot	Prunus	armeniaca	Par
sweet cherry	Prunus	avium	Pav
myrobalan plum	Prunus	cerasifera	Pci^*
tart cherry	Prunus	cerasus	Pce
plum	Prunus	domestica	Pdo
almond	Prunus	dulcis	Pdu
	Prunus	hortulana	Pho
Japanese apricot	Prunus	mume	Pmu
	Prunus	munsoniana	Pmn^*
	Prunus	nigra	Pni
peach	Prunus	persica	Ppe
Japanese plum	Prunus	salicina	Psa
black cherry	Prunus	serotina	Pse
	Prunus	simonii	Psi
sloe	Prunus	spinosa	Psp
	Pyrus	calleryana	Pca
Chinese white pear	Pyrus	× bretschneideri	Pbr
European pear	Pyrus	communis	Pco
asian pear	Pyrus	pyrifolia	Ppy
	Pyrus	ussuriensis	Pus
raspberry	Rubus	idaeus	Rid
black raspberry	Rubus	occidentalis	Roc
all Rubus			Rub

*Exceptions of the 3-letter prefix rule: the first letter of Genus and the first two letters of species names.

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