Study reveals the genetic cause of congenital malformation – News-Medical.net

Study by the University of Bonn reveals that genetic information controls development of the urinary tract, rectum and genitals Spontaneous mutations of a single gene are likely to cause serious developmental disorders of the excretory organs and genitalia.
This is shown in an international study led by the University of Bonn and published in the journal “Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology”.
The researchers also owe their findings to an unusual model organism: the zebrafish. One in 10…

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