First genetic link between reptile and human heart evolution

Wednesday, September 2, 2009 - 13:07 in Biology & Nature

Scientists at the Gladstone Institute of Cardiovascular Disease have traced the evolution of the four-chambered human heart to a common genetic factor linked to the development of hearts in turtles and other reptiles.

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