Why Do Some Genes Get All the “Likes”?

A few genes achieve research stardom, whereas many, many, many others, including potentially important genes, languish in obscurity. So, why do only certain genes permanently bask in the spotlight? A big part of the reason comes down to social networking—not the newfangled social networking of Twitter and Facebook, but rather, the familiar give-and-take-and-take-and-take that keeps unfolding in an environment suffused with historical bias.Social forces, as manifested in career development