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Polydactyly and genes

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Pediatricians deal with cases with the congenital malformations and malformation syndromes interest many of them. A lot of information about genes involved in development is available now. Genetics of hand development and genes involved in polydactyly syndromes is discussed in this article as a prototype to know about genetics of malformations: how it is studied and what is known. Genetic and chromosomal defects are often associated with congenital malformations. Polydactyly is one of the commonly seen malformations and genetic defects of many malformation syndromes associated with polydactyly are known. The role of genetic defect in polydactyly syndromes and the correlation between genotypes and phenotypes is discussed in this review article.

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  1. Department of Medical Genetics, Sanjay Gandhi Postgraduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Lucknow, India

    Shubha R. Phadke

  2. Department of Pediatrics, Government Medical College, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India

    V.H. Sankar

  3. Department of Medical Genetics, Sanjay Gandhi Postgraduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Lucknow, 226014, UP, India

    Shubha R. Phadke

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Phadke, S.R., Sankar, V. Polydactyly and genes. Indian J Pediatr 77, 277–281 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12098-010-0033-1

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