> For example, HECA used to have the gene name ‘headcase homolog (Drosophila),’ named after the equivalent gene in fruit fly, but we changed it to ‘hdc homolog, cell cycle regulator’ to avoid potential offense.”
Ugh... everything is politics now.
Ugh... everything is politics now.
You can get frustrated about that fact, or you can use it as an opportunity for learning about how and why that is so, and gain a deeper understanding of the tightly linked systems of power relationships all around you.