GENETICS RARR

[kinomakoto]

Aw crap, HLA-B*5002 is a B45, I totally spaced that! When does 50=45? IN HLA. BECAUSE CHROMOSOME 6 CAN LICK MY BALLS.

Comments

[awakesoon]

Wait I think I need an explanation.

[kinomakoto]

Every time I think I've remembered to pass along every stupid nomenclature quirk about my job onto my trainees, I find another one. And I can't even explain it well to them. "Just... 50 equals 45, shut up and take it." XD

[kinomakoto]

Half of biology is putting things into categories! So why is genetics such a mess? D:

[feroniaftw]

I come in peace for all the other art majors out there, but...

omgwtf?!

<3

[kinomakoto]

LOL

Sorry, I had to rant it out. Gene sequences have their own assigned numerical names, but there's a lot of quirks to the naming system. I have to tell my trainees "That's just how it is" a lot, and as I'm trying to explain why 50 equals 45 for no good reason, I just lost it. XD