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Sources:
Tear Ducts
Paper: https://www.cell.com/cell-stem-cell/fulltext/S1934-5909(21)00075-8
Press release 1: https://www.eurekalert.org/emb_releases/2021-03/cp-tgi031121.php
Press release 2: https://www.eurekalert.org/emb_releases/2021-03/hi-cht031121.php
Sjogren’s: https://www.sjogrens.org/understanding-sjogrens ogren
Eye Color
Original paper: https://advances.sciencemag.org/content/7/11/eabd1239
Press release: https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2021-03/kcl-5ng031121.php
Mendelian trait: https://www.nature.com/articles/jhg2010126
Image Sources:
https://www.cell.com/cell-stem-cell/fulltext/S1934-5909(21)00075-8
https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2021-03/cp-tgi031121.php
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Intestinal_organoid.PNG
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-020-18031-5#Sec21
https://www.eurekalert.org/multimedia/pub/140515.php?from=358994
https://www.eurekalert.org/multimedia/pub/212268.php?from=442308
https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/research/news/space-tango-lab-brain-organoids-cells-space-station-iss
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https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Protein_PAX6_PDB_2cue.png
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