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Teratogenic alleles and neurodevelopmental disorders.
BioEssays : news and reviews in molecular, cellular and developmental biology - 1 May 2003
Johnson William G
Abstract excerpt
The genetic interaction between mother and fetus during pregnancy is discussed, focusing on teratogenic alleles that act in the mother to alter fetal development and contribute to a neurodevelopmental disorder. For these alleles, the mother is the genetic patient. Teratogenic alleles interact with modifying and specificity alleles that act in the fetus and with environmental factors. Based on examples of the...
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