development in hopes of determining the cause of human birth defects. 

We begin with rare or orphan genetic diseases, and use various model organisms,

tools from genetics, biochemistry and molecular biology to better understand these
diseases towards improved diagnosis and therapeutics. 

We are  particular focused on elucidating the genetic basis of monozygotic twinning

in humans, a form of natural reproductive cloning which allows the making of two

perfect babies out of a single fertilized egg.