A hundred+ genes is what you’d learn during your undergrad classes. This is not counting gene category names (we’re expected to know what Hox genes are, but not what each one does individually), and genes not relevant to humans (prokaryotes, viruses...).
Then each time you change a lab, you’re expected to learn: * Lab’s genes of interest (this time, if you’re in a Hox lab, what each individual Hox does, there’s 39 of them) * Markers for the cell types and organelles of interest * Interactions of the lab favorite genes with rare cell signalling genes not covered in the undergrad * Genes other labs work on, during journal club or conference talks
So I wouldn’t be surprised if it’s closer to a thousand if you never forget anything (I do).
A hundred+ genes is what you’d learn during your undergrad classes. This is not counting gene category names (we’re expected to know what Hox genes are, but not what each one does individually), and genes not relevant to humans (prokaryotes, viruses...).
Then each time you change a lab, you’re expected to learn:
* Lab’s genes of interest (this time, if you’re in a Hox lab, what each individual Hox does, there’s 39 of them)
* Markers for the cell types and organelles of interest
* Interactions of the lab favorite genes with rare cell signalling genes not covered in the undergrad
* Genes other labs work on, during journal club or conference talks
So I wouldn’t be surprised if it’s closer to a thousand if you never forget anything (I do).