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Genetic control of bone and joint formation.
Novartis Foundation symposium - 1 Jan 2001
Kingsley D M
Abstract excerpt
The form and pattern of the vertebrate skeleton is thought to be strongly influenced by several fundamental morphogenetic behaviours of mesenchymal cells during embryonic development. Recent genetic and developmental studies have identified some of the genes that play an important role in controlling both the aggregation of mesenchymal cells into rough outlines of future skeletal elements (condensations), and in...
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