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    Question: What does BRAF stand for?

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    Asked by Madeluen to Jenn on 9 Mar 2017.
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      Jennifer Hintzsche answered on 9 Mar 2017:


      Adeluen,

      Such a great question! BRAF stands for B-Raf murine sarcoma viral oncogene homolog – so they just call it BRAF. The cool part about science is that when you discover a gene (like BRAF) you get to name it- so there are some fun names like sonic (the hedge hog) out there!

      Jenn

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