Cleft Lip And Palate: University of Bonn Scientists Discover Gene Locus Associated With Deformity

ScienceDaily (Mar. 13, 2009) — Comparing 500,000 snippets of human DNA put scientists from the University of Bonn on the right track. A genetic variant on chromosome 8 occurs with significantly higher frequency in people with cleft lip and palate than in the control group.

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