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  2. Left-right asymmetry - Wikipedia

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    In developmental biology, left-right asymmetry (LR asymmetry) is the process in early embryonic development that breaks the normal symmetry in the bilateral embryo.In vertebrates, left-right asymmetry is established early in development at a structure called the left-right organizer (the name of which varies between species) and leads to activation of different signalling pathways on the left ...

  3. Fluctuating asymmetry - Wikipedia

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    Fluctuating asymmetry (FA) is often considered to be the product of developmental stress and instability, caused by both genetic and environmental stressors. The notion that FA is a result of genetic and environmental factors is supported by Waddington's notion of canalisation, which implies that FA is a measure of the genome's ability to successfully buffer development to achieve a normal ...

  4. Asynclitic birth - Wikipedia

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    Asynclitism can also affect the development of facial structures and nerves during pregnancy, with lifelong consequences for the child. These complications can include facial malformation, Bell's palsy, deviated septum, and facial asymmetry. [21]

  5. Sexual differentiation in humans - Wikipedia

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    Subsequent development of one set and degeneration of the other depends on the presence or absence of two testicular hormones: testosterone and anti-Müllerian hormone (AMH). Disruption of typical development may result in the development of both, or neither, duct system, which may produce morphologically intersex individuals.

  6. Intrauterine growth restriction - Wikipedia

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    Intrauterine growth restriction (IUGR), or fetal growth restriction, is the poor growth of a fetus while in the womb during pregnancy.IUGR is defined by clinical features of malnutrition and evidence of reduced growth regardless of an infant's birth weight percentile. [5]

  7. Asymmetry - Wikipedia

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    Asymmetry is the absence of, or a violation of, symmetry (the property of an object being invariant to a transformation, such as reflection). [1] Symmetry is an important property of both physical and abstract systems and it may be displayed in precise terms or in more aesthetic terms. [ 2 ]

  8. Quickening - Wikipedia

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    The first natural sensation of quickening may feel like a light tapping or fluttering. These sensations eventually become stronger and more regular as the pregnancy progresses. Sometimes, the first movements are mis-attributed to gas or hunger pangs. [3] A woman's uterine muscles, rather than her abdominal muscles, are first to sense fetal ...

  9. Acrania - Wikipedia

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    The cerebral hemispheres develop completely but abnormally. [1] The condition is frequently, though not always, associated with anencephaly . The fetus is said to have acrania if it meets the following criteria: the fetus should have a perfectly normal facial bone, a normal cervical column but without the fetal skull and a volume of brain ...