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KMag
on July 27, 2020
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This month in 1939: How dead cattle led to the dis...
Today I learned of the hedgehog signalling pathway, and its sonic variant. No, the OP wasn't making a subtle joke.
wyldfire
on July 27, 2020
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Was this the genesis of the game's name?
(Question is serious, but pun intended, sorry)
knome
on July 27, 2020
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No. The pathway is named after the character.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sonic_hedgehog
robbiep
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Other way around. Wikipedia has a good summary. It’s difficult telling parents that the cause of their child’s holoprosencephaly is a gene called sonic hedgehog
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