Jon Snow@jonsnow@mastodon.online
In 2020 scientists renamed 27 human genes because Microsoft Excel kept auto-converting their names into dates, causing widespread errors in published genetic research
Gene symbols like SEPT1 and MARCH1 were automatically turned into dates (e.g., “Sep-01,” “Mar-01”) when opened in Excel. These mistakes showed up in supplementary data and even peer-reviewed papers.
https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1pzxhqx/til_scientists_renamed_27_human_genes_in_2020/
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