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In theory, your idea seems reasonable, but I can see at least to problems with implementing it. First, the situation is complicated by the fact that genes often carry out multiple functions, and a single label is often insufficient to annotate the complete functional repertoire of a gene. @MichaelKuhn made an excellent point with regards to the evolution of ...

I think it seems like a good idea at first but... You have to take into account that as has been said genes might have multiple roles, sometimes very different and for most of them functions are still unknown. So It's very difficult to classify a constatly changing promiscuous set of things. Even the gene concept is changing (Hello, ENCODE :)). To me It's a ...

Many gene names are descriptive, e.g. DRD1: dopamine receptor D1, TOP2A: DNA topoisomerase 2-alpha, or PTGS1: prostaglandin G/H synthase 1. These are examples of genes that have a clearly defined main function. The genes you listed are involved in development, and there describing the function of a gene becomes much more difficult. E.g. sonic hedgehog is ...

Are there are any efforts underway to systematize or name genes for a given organism in an expressive manner? As you observed, the genes are named by their discoverers and some genes usually have anecdotes behind their names. Since gene names have to be small it is difficult to systematically describe them completely. But gene nomenclature can adopt a ...