Protein researchers rejecting sensible nomenclature based on function in favor of naming their discovery "Sonic Hedgehog" or "Pikachurin." Nothing says scientific gravitas like explaining to grant reviewers that your breakthrough involves a protein named after a blue cartoon rodent that collects rings. The Drosophila guys started this trend and biochemistry never recovered.
Protein Naming Gone Wild

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