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Genome-wide association mapping in dogs enables identification of the homeobox gene, NKX2-8, as a genetic component of neural tube defects in humans.
PLoS genetics - 1 Jan 2013
Safra Noa, Bassuk Alexander G, Ferguson Polly J, Aguilar Miriam, Coulson Rochelle L, Thomas Nicholas, Hitchens Peta L, Dickinson Peter J, Vernau Karen M, Wolf Zena T, Bannasch Danika L
Abstract excerpt
Neural tube defects (NTDs) is a general term for central nervous system malformations secondary to a failure of closure or development of the neural tube. The resulting pathologies may involve the brain, spinal cord and/or vertebral column, in addition to associated structures such as soft tissue...
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