Ken Carson
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Ken (lesser known surname Carson) is a toy doll in Mattel's Barbie line of fashion dolls.
Since 1961, this fictional character had been Barbie's boyfriend, however, Mattel announced their split on February 12, 2004.
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.'