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Shh and Dhh affect skin development and can cause tumors, while Ihh does not.
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Pvalb8 is essential for zebrafish hearing and hair cell development, and its mutation causes hearing loss.
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March 2000 in “Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences” Overexpressing GLI-1 in mice skin can cause tumors like human basal cell carcinomas.
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