1. Write one coherent paragraph, aimed at the general public, that summarize the main points that you and your group discussed today.

The formation of the human limbs is a complicated process involving gene regulation with precise timing. Many complications could occur during this process that may lead to the formation of abnormal limbs in humans. These anomalies are very distinguished and can be studied by scientists to understand the processes involved and possible solutions/medications for the disorder. The subjects for these studies can be humans or other mammals due to synteny in their genomes. The human subjects can be volunteers, paid,  or medical patients. Depending on the research, the information could be accessed by journals, other researchers and medical practitioners. The information would be depicted as experimental results and mechanisms with scientific analysis. Limb malformation can have two types: isolated and syndromic. Isolated malformation is a defect in a single system and can have many causes, while syndromic malformation is a pattern of anomalies that have a single cause (made some corrections from the group discussion). An example of an important protein in limb development is sonic hedge hog (SHH), and it has been suggested that defects in the regulation of this protein can cause anomalies in digit  numbers.

2. What was the hardest part of answering question 1?

Eliminating the information that would be considered “too detailed”  and keeping the information that would be relevant to the general public.