Here's another interesting article on the same topic (2016) entitled "Gene name errors are widespread in the scientific literature" : https://genomebiology.bio

Here's another interesting article on the same topic (2016) entitled "Gene name errors are widespread in the scientific literature" : https://genomebiology.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s13059-016-1044-7 https://genomebiology.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s13... From the article: "The problem of Excel software inadvertently converting gene symbols to dates and floating-point numbers was originally described in 2004. For example, gene symbols such as SEPT2 (Septin 2) and MARCH1 [Membrane-Associated Ring Finger (C3HC4) 1, E3 Ubiquitin Protein Ligase] are converted by default to ‘2-Sep’ and ‘1-Mar’, respectively."