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Presphenoidal synchondrosis fusion in DBA/2J mice.
Mammalian genome : official journal of the International Mammalian Genome Society - 1 Feb 2013
Adams Allysa, McBratney-Owen Brandeis, Newby Brittany, Bowen Margot E, Olsen Bjorn R, Warman Matthew L
Abstract excerpt
Cranial base growth plates are important centers of longitudinal growth in the skull and are responsible for the proper anterior placement of the face and the stimulation of normal cranial vault development. We report that the presphenoidal synchondrosis (PSS), a midline growth plate of the cranial base, closes in the DBA/2J mouse strain but not in other common inbred strains. We investigated the genetics of PSS...
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