Apoptosis Is Required for the Proper Formation of the Ventriculo-Arterial Connections

The role of apoptosis in cardiac morphogenesis has not been directly tested. Cardiomyocyte apoptosis is prevalent during the remodeling of the embryonic chicken cardiac outflow tract (OFT) in the transition from a single to a dual circulation. We tested the hypothesis that OFT cardiomyocyte apoptosi...

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