Cleft Palate Research in Alligators
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What do we have in common with alligators? Join Gerry Kelly in the City Hospital to find out as anatomist Mark Ferguson shares his fascinating research. Fresh from Louisiana he demonstrates how to catch alligators with an uncanny performance. After this enjoyable spectacle discover what our reptile relations can teach us about cleft palate. Through this research on reptile eggs Ferguson found that it was possible to surgically correct cleft palate in unborn alligators.