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Encyclopedia > Ken (toy doll)

Ken (Ken Carson) is a toy doll in Mattel's Barbie line of fashion dolls.


This fictional character is perpetually Barbie Millicent Roberts' date.


Trivia

  • The ken gene in the Drosophila fly was so named because the gene, when deleted, caused the flies to form without external genitalia.

References

The ken and barbie gene encoding a putative transcription factor with a BTB domain and three zinc finger motifs functions in terminalia development of Drosophila. Lukacsovich T, Yuge K, Awano W, Asztalos Z, Kondo S, Juni N, Yamamoto D. Arch Insect Biochem Physiol. 2003 Oct;54(2):77-94.'


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Ken Carson - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (236 words)
Ken (lesser known surname Carson) is a toy doll in Mattel's Barbie line of fashion dolls.
Because the fashions of the doll closely resembled popular fashions among homosexual men at the time, it was stigmatized and removed from sale.
The ken gene in the Drosophila fly was so named because the gene, when deleted, caused the flies to form without external genitalia.
ken - OneLook Dictionary Search (298 words)
Ken, ken : The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language [home, info]
KEN : Three Letter Words with definitions [home, info]
Phrases that include ken: ken kesey, ken elton kesey, ken russell, thomas ken, griffey ken jr, more...
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