If I conditionally knockout FGF8 in the somatic and lateral plate mesoderm of a mouse during...

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If I conditionally knockout FGF8 in the somatic and lateralplate mesoderm of a mouse during the onset of limb bud formationwhat would the resulting phenotype look like? What about if Iknocked out Shh instead?

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Fibroblast growth factor is crucial transcription factor which regulate the limb formation in mouse and particularly controlled by Fgf8 gene If you make conditional gene knock out KO phenotype through deletion of    See Answer
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