Because it’s 2:30am and I am writing a poem about Drosophila genes, I present: Really fucking strange gene names by undoubtedly bored scientists.
- clootie dumpling
- currant bun
- daughters against decapentaplegic
- dissatisfaction (involved in many aspects of sexual behavior)
- faint sausage
- fizzy related
- gammy legs
- grunge (a regulator of teashirt)
- hopscotch (regulates even-skipped gene during segmentation)
- Indy (for “I’m not dead yet”; this mutation makes the fly live twice as long)
- jelly belly
- males absent on the first
- mothers against decapentaplegic
- rutabaga
- seven up
- sickle (an apoptosis activator)
- teashirt
- tinman (the mutant has no heart)
- wishful thinking
- ypsilon schachtel
- half stoned
- what’s up?
- lunatic fringe
- tiggywinkle hedgehog
- pokemon (a cancer-causing gene in humans and mice)
- superman
- kryptonite (supresses superman)
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i was a research assistant at the lab that discovered Indy.
i was a research assistant at the lab that discovered Indy.
ypsilon shachtel means “y box” in German. Finally, my majors find harmony.
ypsilon shachtel means “y box” in German. Finally, my majors find harmony.
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/11/12/weekinreview/12schwartz.html
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/11/12/weekinreview/12schwartz.html
And the most wellknown: sonic hedgehog!
And the most wellknown: sonic hedgehog!