Basics of cardiac development for the understanding of congenital heart malformations.

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Cardiovascular development has become a crucial element of transgene technology in that many transgenic and knockout mice unexpectedly present with a cardiac phenotype, which often turns out to be embryolethal. This demonstrates that formation of the heart and the connecting vessels is essential for the functioning vertebrate organism. The embryonic mesoderm is the source of both the cardiogenic plate, giving...

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