Expression of Msx1 and Dlx1 during Dumbo rat head development: correlation with morphological features
The Dumbo rat possesses some characteristics that evoke several human syndromes, such as Treacher-Collins: shortness of the maxillary, zygomatic and mandibular bones, and low position of the ears. Knowing that many homeobox genes are candidates in craniofacial development, we investigated the involv...
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Language: | English |
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Sociedade Brasileira de Genética
2009-01-01
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Series: | Genetics and Molecular Biology |
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Online Access: | http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1415-47572009000200030 |