Program in Computational Biology and Bioinformatics, Yale University, Whitney Avenue, New Haven, CT 06520, USA. mark.gerstein@yale.edu.
ABSTRACT: We take stock of current genetic nomenclature and attempt to organize strange and notable gene names. We categorize, for instance, those that involve a naming system transferred from another context (for example, Pavlov's dogs). We hope this analysis provides clues to better steer gene naming in the future.