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Comparative morphometrics of embryonic facial morphogenesis: implications for cleft-lip etiology.
Anatomical record (Hoboken, N.J. : 2007) - 1 Jan 2007
Young Nathan M, Wat Stephen, Diewert Virginia M, Browder Leon W, Hallgrímsson Benedikt
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Cleft lip (CL) with or without cleft palate (CL[P]) has a complex etiology but is thought to be due to either genetic or environmentally induced disruptions of developmental processes affecting the shape and size of the facial prominences (medial nasal, lateral nasal, and maxilla). Recent advances in landmark-based morphometrics enable a rigorous reanalysis of phenotypic shape variation associated with facial...
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