Survival Advantage Discovered In Mutant Testis Cells Behind Genetic Disorder

 15.07.2008 08:13   medicalnewstoday.com

In a cruel irony, testis cells carrying the mutation that causes Apert's syndrome are fitter than normal cells, even though children born from sperm derived from those cells are weakened by fused fingers, toes and skulls, a new study has found.

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