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A male new born has syndactyly of the index,middle and third fingers of his left hand.Which of the following cellular processes is most likely to have failed during developement??

a.Apoptosis
b.Differentiation
c.Migration
d.Fusion
e.Proliferation

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AA fsho i remember this from pathoma

well sunny and zen..but it is in 2006 fred paper qn,i have one doubt in uw i saw syndactyly is due to failure of differentiation..is it wrong??

i dont remember seeing that in uworld im sorry wouldnt be able to confirm that but let me see if i can find a online source that can confirm syndactyly

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