Teleological
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Ever wondered where the names of some genes come from?
Check out The interactive fly to see examples of exotic names of some genes.
For example:
Flynome has some of the stories behind these exotic names. Fly people... have to wonder what they eat, drink and smoke to come up with some of these names. And who is/was the legendary sevenless
?
Check out The interactive fly to see examples of exotic names of some genes.
For example:
- always early
- baboon
- bag of marbles
- bagpipe
- bazooka
- beaten path
- blown fuse
- Bride of sevenless
- daughter of sevenless
- dumbfounded
- gammy legs
- headcase
- hedgehog
- hopscotch
- jetlag
- lozenge
- Mothers against dpp
- peanut
- pimples
- porcupine
- r2d2
- Seven in absentia
- sevenless
- smallminded
- Son of sevenless
- stardust
- teashirt
- Thor
- Van Gogh
Flynome has some of the stories behind these exotic names. Fly people... have to wonder what they eat, drink and smoke to come up with some of these names. And who is/was the legendary sevenless
?