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The normal developmental processes hold the key to our understanding of the biological basis of congenital anomalies. It is remarkable to note how a single fertilized cell, the zygote, undergoes sequential cell divisions followed by coordinated cell proliferation, migration and differentiation, to create something as intricately complex as a human foetus [1]. Interestingly, the various stages of the human embryonic development (see Table 6.1) share homologous developmental trajectories with other vertebrates [1].
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Annavarapu, S. (2019). Embryological Basis of Congenital Anomalies. In: Carachi, R., Doss, S. (eds) Clinical Embryology. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-26158-4_6
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