Phocus of Corinth Phocus of Corinth In Greek mythology, Phocus (; Ancient Greek: Φῶκος means "seal") the Corinthian, was a son of Ornytion (or Ornytus) and grandson of Sisyphus; some called him son of Poseidon. Thus he might be the same as the son of Poseidon and Pronoe referenced in the scholia on "Iliad", see above. Leaving the kingdom of Corinth to his brother Thoas, he led a colony to the region of Tithorea and Mount Parnassus; the land came to be named Phocis after him. Phocus is said to have cured the wandering Antiope of her madness, which she had been struck
Fruitless (gene) gene locus also controls the expression of hundreds of other genes, any subset of which may actually regulate behavior. Early work refers to the gene as "fruity", an apparent pun on both the common name of "D. melanogaster", the "fruit fly", as well as a slang word for homosexual. As social attitudes towards homosexuality changed, "fruity" came to be regarded as offensive, or at best, not politically correct. Thus, the gene was re-dubbed "fruitless", alluding to the lack of offspring produced by flies with the mutation. However, despite the original name and a continuing history of misleading inferences by the