In early heart development, genes work in tandem

Wednesday, January 13, 2010 - 10:21 in Biology & Nature

Studying genes that regulate early heart development in animals, scientists have solved a puzzle about one gene's role, finding that it acts in concert with a related gene. Their finding contributes to understanding how the earliest stages of heart development may go awry, resulting in congenital heart defects in humans...

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