New Insight Into Birth Defect Characterized By Digit Duplication And Fusion

Birth defects characterized by malformation of the limbs are relatively common. New insight into one form of the birth defect synpolydactyly, where individuals have 1 or more digit (finger or toe) duplicated and 2 or more digits fused together, has now been provided researchers in Germany who studied a mouse model of the condition.

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