skeleton
• six rather than seven elements in the sternum of 12% of homozygotes, those with rib abnormalities
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• first rib pair reduced to small knobs in one out of 26 homozygotes
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rib fusion
(
J:50942
)
• 2 out of 26 homozygotes had the first and second ribs fused
• attachment to sternum was typical for first ribs
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