First Gene For Clubfoot Identified

Friday, October 24, 2008 - 00:21 in Biology & Nature

Clubfoot, one of the most common birth defects, has long been thought to have a genetic component. Now, researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis report they have found the first gene linked to clubfoot in humans.

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