Zebrafish arterial valve development occurs through direct differentiation of second heart field progenitors.

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AIMS: Bicuspid aortic valve (BAV) is the most common congenital heart defect, affecting at least 2% of the population. The embryonic origins of BAV remain poorly understood, with few assays for validating patient variants, limiting the identification of causative genes for BAV. In both human and mouse, the left and right leaflets of the arterial valves arise from the outflow tract cushions, with interstitial...

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