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Craniosynostosis with autosomal dominant transmission in New Zealand white rabbits.
Journal of craniofacial genetics and developmental biology - 1 Jan 2000
Mooney M P, Aston C E, Siegel M I, Losken H W, Smith T D, Burrows A M, Wenger S L, Caruso K, Siegel B, Ferrell R E
Abstract excerpt
Although great strides have been made recently in determining the etiology of a number of human craniosynostotic syndromes, pathogenic mechanisms for these conditions are still unclear, in part because of the lack of a genetic animal model with primary craniosynostosis. Recently, we developed an inbred colony of rabbits with congenital coronal suture synostosis. The present study describes long term breeding...
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