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• n  a congenital fissure of the hard palate

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• Geneticists solve mystery of EEC Syndrome's variable severity in children
  By identifying a protein that acts as a genetic modifier, scientists have solved the mystery of why some infants are born with a grave syndrome consisting of cleft palate and major deformities of the skin and limbs, while other infants with the same predisposing genetic mutation bear little or no sign of the illness, called EEC.
  June 14, 2013 - Science Daily
• CSHL geneticists solve mystery of EEC Syndrome's variable severity in children
  ( Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory ) By identifying a protein that acts as a genetic modifier, scientists have solved the mystery of why some infants are born with a grave syndrome consisting of cleft palate and major deformities of the skin and limbs, while other infants with the same predisposing genetic mutation bear little or no sign of the illness, called EEC.
  June 14, 2013 - EurekAlert!