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Bone dysplasias, nontraditional mechanisms of inheritance and monozygotic twins.
Pediatric radiology - 1 May 1997
Hall J G, Lopez-Rangel E
Abstract excerpt
New developments in the area of cytogenetics and molecular genetics have suggested a variety of newly recognized mechanisms that result in human genetic disorders. These mechanisms are being observed among individuals with bone dysplasias. Mosaicism imprinting, parent-of-origin differences, uni- parental disomy (UPD) and mono-zygotic twinning represent mechanisms which modify the phenotypic expression of the bone...
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