I can’t think of a witty title

A few months ago I wrote about the insanity of drosophila geneticists.  Well, apparently I was right.  NPR’s “All Things Considered” is doing a story about the crazy names.

The story airs later today and you can listen to it here.  

The story description:

February 9 · Fruit Fly geneticists spend hours each day staring at flies under a microscope. And they want you to know they have their own ways of being geeky, like giving funny names to things. But is that a good thing for the study of genetics as it applies to humans?