'Hammer Toe' Appeared in a Mutant Mouse Line (IMAGE)

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'Hammer Toe' Appeared in a Mutant Mouse Line

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X-ray micro-CT images show that the Sonic hedgehog gene is ectopically expressed in the interdigital region, and causes interdigital webbing in Hammer toe.

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National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

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