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The synpolydactyly homolog (spdh) mutation in the mouse -- a defect in patterning and growth of limb cartilage elements.
Mechanisms of development - 1 Mar 2002
Albrecht Andrea N, Schwabe Georg C, Stricker Sigmar, Böddrich Annett, Wanker Erich E, Mundlos Stefan
Abstract excerpt
We have investigated the recessive mouse mutant synpolydactyly homolog (spdh) as a model for human synpolydactyly (SPD). As in human SPD, the spdh phenotype consists of central polydactyly, syndactyly and brachydactyly and is caused by the expansion of a polyalanine encoding repeat in the 5' region of the Hoxd13 gene. We performed a detailed phenotypic and functional analysis of spdh/spdh embryos using skeletal...
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