Correspondence
Uncovering trends in gene naming
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* Corresponding author: Mark B Gerstein mark.gerstein@yale.edu
1 Program in Computational Biology and Bioinformatics, Yale University, Whitney Avenue, New Haven, CT 06520, USA
2 Department of Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry, Yale University, Whitney Avenue, New Haven, CT 06520, USA
3 Department of Computer Science, Yale University, Whitney Avenue, New Haven, CT 06520, USA
Genome Biology 2008, 9:401 doi:10.1186/gb-2008-9-1-401
Published: 31 January 2008Abstract
We take stock of current genetic nomenclature and attempt to organize strange and notable gene names. We categorize, for instance, those that involve a naming system transferred from another context (for example, Pavlov’s dogs). We hope this analysis provides clues to better steer gene naming in the future.