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NIH researchers link chromosome region to gigantism

2014-12-04 19:40:11| Biotech - Topix.net

Researchers at the National Institutes of Health have found a duplication of a short stretch of the X chromosome in some people with a rare disorder that causes excessive childhood growth. They believe that a single gene within the region likely has a large influence on how much children grow.

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