Geneticists throw hands in the air, change gene naming rules to finally stop Microsoft Excel eating crucial data The Register

Spreadsheet woes spanning 16+ years force official update Geneticists have issued new guidelines in naming human genes – after spending years wrestling with Microsoft Excel and similar software that automatically converts the names of genes to dates.…

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