ANSWER: Spiderman has not yet been used as a gene name. Sonic hedgehog is one of three proteins in the mammalian signaling pathway called hedgehog. (The others are desert hedgehog and Indian hedgehog.) The hedgehog pathway plays a key role in regulating vertebrate organogenesis. Superman is a plant gene in Arabidopsis thaliana that plays a role in controlling the boundary between stamen and carpel development in a flower.