Comment on well, at least I wasn't the only one to wonder
T156@lemmy.world 5 weeks agoIt does make more sense if you consider that it is part of a line of Hedgehog genes, all of which make Fruit fly embryos look like hedgehogs (spiky) if they’re inactivated.
They didn’t just go “Let’s name a gene with bad outcomes if mutant in humans after a video game character! Yipee! Hooray!”, at least not for that.
Though they did name SHH’s inhibitor Robotnikin.
batmaniam@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
Oh I get how it got that way, it’s just unfortunate what that lead to in a clinical setting.