Left-right development: mammalian phenotypes and conceptual models.

doi:10.1006/scdb.1997.0185

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Left-right development: mammalian phenotypes and conceptual models.

Seminars in cell & developmental biology - 1 Feb 1998

Lander A, King T, Brown N A

Abstract excerpt

Consistent left-right asymmetry in a population requires a special kind of developmental specification. Models of this process must account for the complex phenotypes seen when left-right is abnormal. In some human and mouse mutations, there appears to be a randomisation of global situs to either...

Topics

Animals
Body Patterning
Congenital Abnormalities
Gene Expression
Humans
Mammals
Mice
Models, Biological
Phenotype
Twins, Conjoined

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