Consider adding a comment field on genotypes

[kimrutherford]

It could be very similar to the background.

[kimrutherford]

On the last PHI-Canto call @CuzickA mentioned a case where having a comment field for genotypes might be useful for PHI-Base too. I think it was when a region is deleted from a chromosome.

[ValWood]

we also had a low priority ticket for this
#1278
which I'm closing as "duplicate"

[kimrutherford]

This issue says "Consider" in the title and has the "discuss" label. Should we definitely make this change or does it still discussion?

[ValWood]

Its definitely required.

[kimrutherford]

I've added a comment field for genotypes. Comments can be added or edited in the same places as the background, the genotype edit page or in the menu on the right of the genotype lists:

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[kimrutherford]

The change is now live on the fly-canto test server. eg. https://curation.pombase.org/flybase-test/curs/e974e992ec7e2aad/genotype_manage

The comment isn't visible in the genotype tables so it's quite hidden. We should talk about that.

[vmt25]

note on usage in Fly-Canto: this will be used for phenotype free text

[vmt25]

This 'comment' is the summary of the allele's phenotypes found in a publication. Thus, it should be associated with the allele-publication, instead of being a general comment on the allele

It would be nice if the field could be more easily accessed and more visible once a comment has been made

[vmt25]

This is for after sorting genotypes (#976) and genetic interactions

[kimrutherford]

Is there anything else to do here?

[vmt25]

Fly-Canto will need long-ish text fields for phenotypes (and genetic interactions).
I thought this was the ticket for it, but better to close this one and open another with a more descriptive title.