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Development of the mouse mandibles and clavicles in the absence of skeletal myogenesis.
Histology and histopathology - 1 Jan 2007
Rot-Nikcevic I, Downing K J, Hall B K, Kablar B
Abstract excerpt
In this report we employed double-knock-out mouse embryos and fetuses (designated as Myf5-/-: MyoD-/- that completely lacked striated musculature to study bone development in the absence of mechanical stimuli from the musculature and to distinguish between the effects that static loading and weight-bearing exhibit on embryonic development of skeletal system. We concentrated on development of the mandibles (=...
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