A specific mutation in a certain animal leads to abnormal development of the heart and kidney, resulting in miscarriage. Why did this happen?

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thomaster · Answer

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Probably because the piece of DNA that needs to be expressed in the heart cells doesn't work properly.

abb0t · Answer

Mutations.

anonymous · Answer

a mutation can come in many forms (point mutations, frame shift, chromosomal) and likely the protein that was significant for the function of both the heart and kidney was abnormal. I have no idea what properties of the heart and kidney this protein would be coding for, since these two tissue are quite different, but I would ask you to speculate on that. Cheers!