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The truth of Donne’s famous adage is nowhere better illustrated than in the field of teratology. No mother, embryo, gene, or teratogen is “an island unto himself,” and the literature is replete with examples of interactions between two or more of these that influence the frequency of malformations.
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This chapter is dedicated to Walter Landauer, one of the first pioneers, and still a leader, in the field of teratologic interactions.
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Fraser, F.C. (1977). Interactions and Multiple Causes. In: Wilson, J.G., Fraser, F.C. (eds) General Principles and Etiology. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4684-2850-6_13
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