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In a similar (even stranger?) vein, in the 1950s there were cyclops baby sheep related to maternal consumption of wild corn lillies. Many years later this led t
by medymed 6y ago
In a similar (even stranger?) vein, in the 1950s there were cyclops baby sheep related to maternal consumption of wild corn lillies. Many years later this led to discovery of the sonic hedgehog pathway and related targeted inhibitors like vismodegib and sonidegib.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyclopamine https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyclopamine
- KMag 6y agoToday I learned of the hedgehog signalling pathway, and its sonic variant. No, the OP wasn't making a subtle joke.
- wyldfire 6y agoWas this the genesis of the game's name? (Question is serious, but pun intended, sorry)
- knome 6y agoNo. The pathway is named after the character. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sonic_hedgehog https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sonic_hedgehog
- robbiep 6y agoOther 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