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Malcolm P. Logan, a research fellow in genetics at HMS, and Clifford J. Tabin, professor of genetics, performed experiments in which chickens developed wings with the characteristics of legs, such as leg-specific muscles and claws...
...This is the first time that a gene has been shown to direct a transformation of forelimb to hindlimb structures," Logan said in a press release...
Scientists have long been puzzled over how the forelimb and hindlimb develop, as the same genes for development are active in all four limb buds in the embryo. Logan and Tabin determined that additional wing- and leg-specific genes are involved in limb development...
...same gene causes the differentiation between thumbs and the other fingers, and between big and little toes. From this, Tabin and Logan deduced that one gene causes the differentiation of limbs into arms or legs...
While Harvard stayed open throughout the storm, Lesley College in Cambridge and Northeastern University closed yesterday. Phil Orlandella, director of media relations for Logan Airport, said more than half of the flights scheduled for yesterday were cancelled...