Gene Naming Fail: Scientists Discover a Gene Named NaN
iskander · x · 2026-08-01
A bioinformatics researcher highlighted a hilarious naming collision in genetics: alongside a gene actually named NaN, there are numerous genes named after months and dates (like FEB1, MARCH1, SEPT1). This naming convention is notorious for causing severe data conversion bugs and logic conflicts during computational analysis.
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