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Researchers now working at the University of Georgia College of Veterinary Medicine have found that a key protein - α-thalassemia/mental retardation X-linked protein, or ATRX - plays a pivotal role in the early stages of embryonic development. Details appear September 23 in the open-access journal PLoS Genetics…

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