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Homozygous null mutation in ODZ3 causes microphthalmia in humans.
Genetics in medicine : official journal of the American College of Medical Genetics - 1 Nov 2012
Aldahmesh Mohammed A, Mohammed Jawahir Y, Al-Hazzaa Selwa, Alkuraya Fowzan S
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PURPOSE: Microphthalmia is a condition in which eyes are small in size, often associated with coloboma, as a result of aberrant eye development. Isolated microphthalmia is a model disease for studying early development of the human eye, and mutations in several key genes related to eye development have been linked to this phenotype. METHODS: In our search for novel genes that cause autosomal recessive...
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