Article
Using Xenopus to discover new candidate genes involved in BOR and other congenital hearing loss syndromes.
Journal of experimental zoology. Part B, Molecular and developmental evolution - 1 May 2024
Neal Scott J, Rajasekaran Anindita, Jusić Nisveta, Taylor Louis, Read Mai, Alfandari Dominique, Pignoni Francesca, Moody Sally A
Abstract excerpt
Hearing in infants is essential for brain development, acquisition of verbal language skills, and development of social interactions. Therefore, it is important to diagnose hearing loss soon after birth so that interventions can be provided as early as possible. Most newborns in the United States are screened for hearing deficits and commercially available next-generation sequencing hearing loss panels often can...
Topics
- Animals
- Branchio-Oto-Renal Syndrome
- Xenopus Proteins
- Disease Models, Animal
- Homeodomain Proteins
- Xenopus laevis
- Mutation
- Xenopus