@disco_hillbilly: This is a real human protein that is involved in connections between photoreceptors and bipolar cells in the retinas! Hi I’m Jessica and im a MLT student who sometimes shares unhinged science facts and history while also sharing my story of going back to school in my mid thirties. Join along! #mltiktok #mlt #sciencetok #communitycollege
i fucking hate sonic hedgehog gene i can never remember what it does
2026-10-25 05:49:17
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mr.fishy1324 :
when my bio teacher did his grad studies, one of the people he knew found and named a gene: sonic hedgehog gene 😭
2026-10-24 21:58:42
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EmoGumballW. :
most scientist are huge nerds, they do stuff like this cause they find it funny and easy to remember
2026-10-25 17:22:32
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muffinz 🫧 :
There’s a tardigrade named love deluxe
2026-10-25 04:42:08
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✩ kris ✩ :
i love stupid official science names cuz wdym there's fish(?) called the long stringy stingy thingy
2026-10-25 08:12:07
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Con :
Wait till you learn about sonic the hedgehog gene
2026-10-25 01:39:38
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Jerrad :
there are also several insects whose scientific names reference the 3 legendary bird pokemon
2026-10-25 02:27:04
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🎀3R33ZY🎀 :
Just wait until you find out that they named a dinosaur fossil “Bulbasaurus”
2026-10-25 13:39:02
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Gowon with orange hair :
theres an asteroid thts named after sophie xeon and im all here for it
2026-10-25 17:43:07
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sirwilfrederick :
Biologists are a blast at naming things. My most favorite animal ever named is the ping pong tree sponge
2026-10-25 00:00:15
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A★L★H :
A dinosaur was named Meraxes after the ASOIAF dragon mind you
2026-10-25 17:43:30
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amphos | comms closed :
awesome
2026-10-25 17:38:54
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Minime3625 :
Thats the perks of discovery, you find it, you name it 🤷♂️
2026-10-25 01:06:17
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👻George The Ghost👻 :
I like how my two favorite video game franchises have an eye protein named after them
2026-10-25 17:23:32
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Sophie Asimov (Bæddel) :
they studied the proteins and hormones etc. in flies and called them silly things to reserve the serious names for human ones. but then it turned out most animals have the same protein/signalling/etc. molecules
2026-10-24 21:10:51
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Nayeli :
That’s why Pikachu was in the movie Osmosis Jones. It was an easter egg!
2026-10-25 09:22:58
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Shree :
Blobs and interblobs are real structures in the eye
2026-10-25 16:30:26
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SilvaSea :
Reminds me of the Sonic Hedgehog hox gene in developmental biology, I was caught so off guard when I first heard of that
2026-10-25 00:28:04
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enarxix :
in 20 years we'll discover a protein and the person that discovers it will call it Bluey
2026-10-24 23:25:25
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nikki bull :
How i feel whenever we talk abt sonic hedgehog protein
2026-10-25 01:35:57
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The Misanthropic Hoax 🌈💫🌈💊 :
So what you're saying Is I need to find something new scientifically so everyone has to learn about any niche thing I want due to the name
2026-10-25 09:58:26
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🎨 Bug ✨ art & comics 💬 :
I remember hearing about this! I think they named it that because it has something to do with moving quickly or carrying electricity or something? I’m sure it’s online somewhere. As someone who loves Pikachu I think it’s really neat!
2026-10-25 02:58:53
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_campbell.soup_ :
There’s a sonic hedgehog gene!
2026-10-24 23:33:27
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𓆩✧𓆪 dragon enthusiast 𓆩✧𓆪 :
and the sonic hedgehog gene. genuinely amazing name choices they got there. i love you fruit fly people
2026-10-25 02:27:18
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mmmazapan :
there's an asteroid named after moomin! 58345 moomintroll
2026-10-25 17:28:34
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