Embryo Hearts (IMAGE)

U.S. National Science Foundation

Embryo Hearts

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Embryo hearts show evolution of the heart from 3-chambered in frogs to 4-chambered in mammals.

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Zina Deretsky, National Science Foundation after Benoit Brueau, the Gladstone Institute of Cardiovascular Disease

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