Combined Normal Development and Syngnathia (IMAGE)

Stowers Institute for Medical Research

Combined Normal Development and Syngnathia

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Mice carrying a mutation in the gene Foxc1 mimic sygnathia, a congenital disorder in which children are born with fused upper and lower jaws and related facial anomalies.

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Image: Courtesy of Dr. Kimberly Inman, Shawnee State University

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