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Scientists made a six-legged mouse embryo — here’s why
![A composite of two images showing Images of a fixed control (left) and Tgfbr1-cKO (right) fetuses.](https://cdn.statically.io/img/media.nature.com/w767/magazine-assets/d41586-024-00943-7/d41586-024-00943-7_26894514.jpg)
A typical mouse embryo (left) has four limbs. An embryo in which a particular gene was switched off halfway through development has six limbs, and several of its internal organs protrude from its abdomen. Credit: Anastasiia Lozovska et al/Nat. Comms
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Nature 628, 247 (2024)
doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-024-00943-7
References
Lozovska, A. et al. Nature Commun. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-024-46870-z (2024).