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Agenesis of the scapula in Emx2 homozygous mutants.
Developmental biology - 1 Apr 2001
Pellegrini M, Pantano S, Fumi M P, Lucchini F, Forabosco A
Abstract excerpt
The shoulder and pelvic girdles represent the proximal bones of the appendicular skeleton that connect the anterior and posterior limbs to the body trunk. Although the limb is a well-known model in developmental biology, the genetic mechanisms controlling the development of the more proximal elements of the appendicular skeleton are still unknown. The knock-out of Pax1 has shown that this gene is involved in...
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