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Standard terminology for phenotypic variations: the elements of morphology project, its current progress, and future directions.
Human mutation - 1 May 2012
Carey John C, Allanson Judith E, Hennekam Raoul C M, Biesecker Leslie G
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In 2005, the authors of this article formed an international working group to develop standardized definitions and terms to describe the physical variations used in human phenotypic analyses. This project, which came to be known as the Elements of Morphology, resulted in six articles proposing consensus definitions for almost 400 phenotypic variations of the head and face; periorbital region; ear, nose, and...
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