A missing genetic switch at the origin of malformations

ScienceDaily
Dec 13, 2021, 8:41 am127 pts
Embryonic development follows delicate stages: for everything to go well, many genes must coordinate their activity according to a very meticulous scheme and tempo. This precision mechanism sometimes fails, leading to more or less disabling malformations. By studying the Pitx1 gene, one of the genes involved in…

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