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[Current Topics in Developmental Biology

[Current Topics in Developmental Biology] Ciliary Function in Mammalian Development Volume 85 || Chapter 11 Cilia Involvement in Patterning and Maintenance of the Skeleton

✍ Haycraft, Courtney J. 📂 Article 📅 2008 🏛 Elsevier 🌐 English ⚖ 528 KB

Cilia--the tiny hairlike structures on the surface of cells—-have recently been identified as playing a role in a variety of disease and developmental disorders. Absent or defective cilia in certain cells can cause infertility, blindness, kidney disease, and lung disease. This volume presents rece