Added pre-set species support to gene search.

Subsequently the version was bumped to 1.2.0.

gene-search/README.md

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 This is the requirements doc for the LIS gene search to be implemented on the LIS Jekyll web site.
 
 ## Specification version
-Version: 1.1.1
+Version: 1.2.0
 
 <details>
 
 A draft of this specification was completed in March 2023. Based on initial implementation of the spec and review of that implementation [issue #128](https://github.com/legumeinfo/web-components/issues/128), additional changes were made to better handle pagination and back-navigation from the modal linkouts results window.
 
-After another round of review in mid-July 2023, the intermediate output was changed from vertical layout of the results for each gene to a tabular layout per gene, based on this rationale from Alan (Aug 4, lis-developers discussion thread): </i>"... the generic paginated search class the component is based on draws results using a table, but the gene search component overrides this to draw results as a list. While the list is aesthetically pleasing, it can only be configured by forking the repository and modifying the code, whereas the table can be configured at run-time, i.e. no forking necessary."</i>
+After another round of review in mid-July 2023, the intermediate output was changed from vertical layout of the results for each gene to a tabular layout per gene, based on this rationale from Alan (Aug 4, lis-developers discussion thread): <i>"... the generic paginated search class the component is based on draws results using a table, but the gene search component overrides this to draw results as a list. While the list is aesthetically pleasing, it can only be configured by forking the repository and modifying the code, whereas the table can be configured at run-time, i.e. no forking necessary."</i>
 
 Initial public release of this web component at legumeinfo.org was on August 9. Code for this spec-1.1 release is [documented here](https://legumeinfo.github.io/web-components/classes/user_components.LisGeneSearchElement.html).
 
-The history above predates a versioning system for these website-ui specs. In September 2023, semantic versioning was added, with 1.1.0 being used in this spec to reflect the first production release of this gene-search web component -- subversion .1 indicating that significant changes were made in June-July after review of the initial implementation in March.
+The history above predates a versioning system for these website-ui specs. In September 2023, semantic versioning was added, with 1.1.0 being used in this spec to reflect the first production release of this gene-search web component -- minor version 1 indicating that significant changes were made in June-July after review of the initial implementation in March.
 
-September 19: update spec version to 1.1.1 -- the minor version increment reflecting that the Gene search field should be parameterizable in the web component, to allow fixing the genus to e.g. Arachis or Glycine, for use at a genus-specific site or context.
+September 19: update spec version to 1.1.1 -- the minor version increment reflecting that the Gene search field should be parameterizable in the web component, to allow fixing the genus to e.g. Arachis or Glycine, for use at a genus-specific site or context. **Note: This was a new feature and should have bumped the version to 1.2.0.**
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+November 17: similar to the September 19 update, the spec was updated to allow the species parameter to also be parameterizable. As such, the spec version was incremented to 1.2.0.
 </details>
 
 ## Input
 
 - genus (selector with "any" on top). In single-genus contexts (e.g. PeanutBase or SoyBase), allow this value to be pre-set.
-- species (selector populated if genus specified, otherwise only "any")
+- Species (selector populated if genus specified, otherwise only "any" - unless pre-set to some value, e.g. max)
 - strain (selector populated if species specified, otherwise only "any")
 - gene identifier (text input)
 - gene description (text input)