When Sophie Rutschmann of the University of Strasbourg discovered a mutated gene that causes an adult fruit fly to die within two days after it is infected with certain bacteria, she named the gene kep1 in honor of Kenny. Similarly, when a mutated ortholog of KIAA1109 was also found for said species that inhibited their ability to stand upright, walk, and caused seizures, indicative of severe neurological defects, a different set of researchers named it Tweek in honor of Tweek.
When Sophie Rutschmann of the University of Strasbourg, discovered a mutated gene that causes an adult fruit fly to die within two days after it is infected with certain bacteria, she named the gene kep1 in honor of Kenny. Similarly, when a mutated ortholog of KIAA1109 was also found for said species that inhibited their ability to stand upright walk, and caused seizures, indicative of severe neurological defects, a different set of researchers named it Tweek in honor of Tweek.