Black Walnut Tree Trivia Black Walnuts, Juglans nigra, grow mainly in the Eastern and Central United States but they occur in moderate numbers nearly everywhere in the U.S. east of the Great Plains, except for New England and south Florida. They grow up to 150 feet with long, straight trunks up to a yard in diameter.
In the 1970s, a gene related to how our brain grows our limbs was given the name âhedgehogâ in relation to the spiky appearance of fruit flies with a defective version of the gene.In 1995, three strains of the âhedgehogâ gene were found and named âDesert-Hedgehogâ, âIndian-Hedgehogâ, and amusingly, âSonic-Hedgehogâ.onic Hedgehog Homolog (SHH) is one of three proteins in the mammalian hedgehog family, the others being desert hedgehog (DHH) and Indian hedgehog (IHH). SHH is the best studied ligand of the hedgehog signaling pathway.
The name Gene is a Greek baby name. In Greek the meaning of the name Gene is: Well born. The name Gene is an American baby name. In American the meaning of the name Gene is: Well born. The name Gene is an English baby name. In English the meaning of the name Gene is: Abbreviation of Eugene, meaning well-born. Famous bearers: American actors Gene Kelly and Gene Hackman.