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==Honors== A gene that codes for a subunit of a common [[potassium ion channel]] was named for the establishment in the 1960s by William D. Kaplan and William E. Trout. The human Ether-Γ -go-go-Related Gene ([[hERG]]) was so named because when [[Drosophila]] flies with mutations in the [[ether-a-go-go potassium channels|Ether-Γ -go-go]] gene are anaesthetised with [[diethyl ether|ether]], their legs start to shake, like the dancing at the Whisky a Go Go nightclub.<ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Kaplan|first1=William D.|last2=Trout|first2=William E.|title=The behavior of four neurological mutants of Drosophila|date=February 1, 1969|journal=[[Genetics (journal)|Genetics]]|volume=61|issue=2|pages=399β409|doi=10.1093/genetics/61.2.399|pmid=5807804|pmc=1212165}}{{void|Fabrickator|comment|replacing https://www.genetics.org/content/61/2/399 with direct link to ncbi.nlm.nih.gov}}</ref>
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