Uncovering trends in gene naming

Michael R Seringhaus², Philip D Cayting² and Mark B Gerstein¹^,2^,3

¹Program in Computational Biology and Bioinformatics, Yale University, Whitney Avenue, New Haven, CT 06520, USA

²Department of Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry, Yale University, Whitney Avenue, New Haven, CT 06520, USA

³Department of Computer Science, Yale University, Whitney Avenue, New Haven, CT 06520, USA

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Genome Biology 2008, 9:401doi:10.1186/gb-2008-9-1-401


Published:	31 January 2008

Subject areas: Genetics

Abstract

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.