Author Topic: Sonic Hedgehog proteins, apparently, cause autism (Read 1388 times)

Glass Joe · February 04, 2016, 07:28:03 PM

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3264868/
Alright, it obviously isn't the franchise, but still, what an unfortunate name to give it

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Electrk. · February 04, 2016, 07:28:34 PM

The secret behind the Sonic fandom's cringiness has finally been discovered!

Frequency · February 04, 2016, 07:29:20 PM

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TheABELBOTO · February 04, 2016, 07:29:57 PM

what a forgetin coincidence

crazy54311 · February 04, 2016, 08:30:46 PM

That explains a lot

kahnuu · February 04, 2016, 08:31:36 PM

Red Spy · February 04, 2016, 08:34:45 PM

This explains so much lol

Camel · February 04, 2016, 08:39:46 PM

now THAT

is poetic irony

sir dooble · February 04, 2016, 08:41:24 PM

The Pickachu protein can also incorrectly bind to another molecule and as a result cause eye abnormalities. Although otherwise it's beneficial for visual acuity.

And the gene that used to be called Pok�mon is a gene that can cause cancer.

Maxwell. · February 04, 2016, 08:42:17 PM

this doesn't look like sonic the hedgehog to me, what the forget is going on who named these things

Hansome duded · February 04, 2016, 08:46:08 PM

I don't blame them. One look on deviantart would give them a reason enough.

sir dooble · February 04, 2016, 08:47:06 PM

Quote from: Maxwell. on February 04, 2016, 08:42:17 PM

this doesn't look like sonic the hedgehog to me, what the forget is going on who named these things

When the gene fails and mutates it causes the body to form incorrectly, and in certain fly embryos, it gave them spikey parts, which made them look like a hedgehog.

There are three hedgehog genes in vertebrates, two named after actual types of hedgehog, and the one named after Sonic.
There's also a 'tiggywinkle hedgehog gene' found in zebrafish, named after a character from Beatrix Potter's books.

Malleo100 · February 04, 2016, 08:50:18 PM

XR-7 · February 04, 2016, 08:53:53 PM

Gotta cause autism fast

joe411 · February 04, 2016, 08:55:59 PM

Hilarious.