@tierahruinsthingswithsci: There's also the swiss cheese gene which makes the brain develop holes, dreadlocks which makes the eyes look like dreads, and in sheep there's callipyge, which gives them big thicc butts.

Mwaanga :

the sonic hedgehog gene huh? guess we gotta go fast

💫Enso :

I did not realise the Sonic thing went further with Robotnikinin. I was waiting for a chaos emerald reference

smallb1rd :

so… we are all sonic?

Maaike :

Fun fact Sonic Hedgehog Gene is also what helps axolotl regeneration!

🦎 :

does that means there's a little bit of sonic hedgehog inside all of us??

Akaza Cross ColdHot❀✝︎ :

SONIC HEDGEHOG??? 😭

Crash :

robotnik finaly getting the w

Mmmm7125 :

Why does the modern world hate fun and whimsy so much

alexsLittleStoreHorrors :

Amazing. Just wonderful! 😆😆😆

you know who :

i heard about this in the LetsLearnAnything podcast

Mako :

well now i need to name something

Sad Demon :

zerubabel worku :

that was fun.

panettone :

p!ssyboi69 :

or RING genes - really interesting new gene

🩷[mia]🩷 :

It kinda fucks with my brain to know that its just a bunch of bullshit that brought me to life, just fuckin shit doing shit

Rowen Fia (they/them) :

part of college for stem majors who may enf up naming things should include a little class on naming things well

Livi :

I love when nerds are in charge 😌

kim :

scientists are so silly 🤣

orion a galaxia :

we REALLY are just a bunch of dorks

miracl honse :

fignya melkaya, an insect. it means "tiny lil fkn thing" in Russian

alexsLittleStoreHorrors :

😭😭😭

Jaz :

@owldamone | cosplay ✨🎀 fruit fly fun