The genetic basis for skeletal diseases

Elazar Zelzer () and Bjorn R. Olsen
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Elazar Zelzer: Harvard Medical School
Bjorn R. Olsen: Harvard Medical School

Nature, 2003, vol. 423, issue 6937, 343-348

Abstract: Abstract We walk, run, work and play, paying little attention to our bones, their joints and their muscle connections, because the system works. Evolution has refined robust genetic mechanisms for skeletal development and growth that are able to direct the formation of a complex, yet wonderfully adaptable organ system. How is it done? Recent studies of rare genetic diseases have identified many of the critical transcription factors and signalling pathways specifying the normal development of bones, confirming the wisdom of William Harvey when he said: “nature is nowhere accustomed more openly to display her secret mysteries than in cases where she shows traces of her workings apart from the beaten path”.

Date: 2003
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DOI: 10.1038/nature01659

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