Cleft FGF Image (IMAGE)

University of Iowa

Cleft FGF Image

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University of Iowa researchers have discovered that mutations in FGF signaling pathway genes contribute to cleft lip and palate. The top figure shows the normal sequence for a region of the FGFR1 gene; the bottom figure shows a mutation in the same region for a person with cleft lip and palate.

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University of Iowa, Jeff Murray Lab/Bridget Riley

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