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RENWICK1 has suggested that anencephalus and spina bifida in man are possibly caused by a specific but so far unidentified teratogen in potato tubers infected by the blight fungus, Phytophthora infestans.
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ELWOOD, J., MACKENZIE, G. Associations between the Incidence of Neurological Malformations and Potato Blight Outbreaks over 50 Years in Ireland. Nature 243, 476–477 (1973). https://doi.org/10.1038/243476a0
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