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Who the hell is naming these proteins? #science
🚨Update🚨
Apparently the protein was 1st published in Feb. 1998 by Wolff et al,they called it "Strabismus", a condition which “a disorder of vision due to a deviation from normal orientation of one or both eyes” and is the medical term for ‘cross-eyed’"
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Apparently the protein was 1st published in Feb. 1998 by Wolff et al,they called it "Strabismus", a condition which “a disorder of vision due to a deviation from normal orientation of one or both eyes” and is the medical term for ‘cross-eyed’"
bit.ly/3mmBrMU
Another group published the same protein in September of same year (1998) and called it Van Gogh for whatever reason. A footnote was added which said "We have determined that Van Gogh is allelic to strabismus"
genetics.org/content/150/1/…
genetics.org/content/150/1/…
