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Gladstone Scientists Find First Genetic Link Between Reptile and Human Heart Evolution
September 2, 2009
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Scientists at the Gladstone Institute of Cardiovascular Disease have traced the evolution of the four-chambered human heart to a common genetic factor linked to the development of hearts in turtles and other reptiles. The research, published in the Sept. 3 issue of the journal Nature, shows how a specific protein that turns on genes is involved in heart formation in turtles, lizards and humans.Full StorySource
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