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The Marmoset as an Animal Model for Teratological Research

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AN extensive literature1 exists in which rodents and rabbits have been used for the production and study of congenital malformations. There is an urgent need for the provision of a suitable near-human model for research in teratology; this became most evident when critical testing in lower mammals failed to reveal the teratogenic properties exhibited in man by thalidomide.

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    D. E. POSWILLO, W. J. HAMILTON & DINAH SOPHER

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POSWILLO, D., HAMILTON, W. & SOPHER, D. The Marmoset as an Animal Model for Teratological Research. Nature 239, 460–462 (1972). https://doi.org/10.1038/239460a0

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