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Linkage study of embryopathy-polygenic inheritance of diabetes-induced skeletal malformations in the rat.
Reproductive toxicology (Elmsford, N.Y.) - 1 Jun 2012
Nordquist Niklas, Luthman Holger, Pettersson Ulf, Eriksson Ulf J
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We developed an inbred rat model of diabetic embryopathy, in which the offspring displays skeletal malformations (agnathia or micrognathia) when the mother is diabetic, and no malformations when she is not diabetic. Our aim was to find genes controlling the embryonic maldevelopment in a diabetic environment. We contrasted the fetal outcome in inbred Sprague-Dawley L rats (20% skeletal malformations in diabetic...
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