The Many Faces of Xenopus: Xenopus laevis as a Model System to Study Wolf–Hirschhorn Syndrome

Wolf–Hirschhorn syndrome (WHS) is a rare developmental disorder characterized by intellectual disability and various physical malformations including craniofacial, skeletal, and cardiac defects. These phenotypes, as they involve structures that are derived from the cranial neural crest, suggest that...

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Main Authors: Micaela Lasser, Benjamin Pratt, Connor Monahan, Seung Woo Kim, Laura Anne Lowery
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2019-06-01
Series:Frontiers in Physiology
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Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fphys.2019.00817/full