Binary developmental commitments in normal and abnormal human morphogenesis.

J M Friedman

doi:10.1111/j.1399-0004.1980.tb01362.x

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Binary developmental commitments in normal and abnormal human morphogenesis.

J M Friedman

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An hypothesis is presented to account for the occurrence of overlapping patterns of anomalies in various malformation syndromes. According to this proposal, normal human morphogenesis occurs by means of a series of sequential commitments by neighboring groups of cells to alternative developmental programs.

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J M Friedman. 1980. Binary developmental commitments in normal and abnormal human morphogenesis.. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1399-0004.1980.tb01362.x

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