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This mouse has six legs, but no genitals. Here’s why
But why? Moisés Mallo, a development biologist at the Gulbenkian Science Institute in Oerias, Portugal, and his coworkers were studying one of the receptor proteins Tgfbr1, in a signaling pathway ...
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Scientists accidentally created a six-legged mouse with no genitals
The team, led by developmental biologist Moisés Mallo, focused on one particular receptor protein, Tgfbr1. The protein, officially called transforming growth factor beta receptor I, is involved ...