A missing genetic switch at the origin of embryonic malformations

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Fluorescence visualization of Pitx1 gene expression in mouse embryos. The absence of Pen, one of the Pitx1 switches (right), results in a loss of fluorescence in developing legs. Credit: © UNIGE / Guillaume Andrey
https://phys.org/news/2021-12-genetic-embryonic-malformations.html

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