How Dogs Can Help Us Prevent Cleft Palates

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Even though cleft lips and palates are really common, there's still a lot of research that needs to be done into why they form. But scientists have found a whole new line of evidence that might crack the case wide open, and it's in dog DNA. Here's the story of how the Turkish Pointer may be able to point us in the direction for understanding how and why clefts form.

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