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  <id>10549</id>
  <title>conal growth hypothesis</title>
  <longtitle>IUPAC Gold Book - conal growth hypothesis</longtitle>
  <doi>10.1351/goldbook.10549</doi>
  <code>10549</code>
  <status>current</status>
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      <id>1</id>
      <text>Hypothesis that explains transposition of the great arteries of the heart by failure of the aortopulmonary septum to follow a spiral course during partitioning of the bulbus cordis and truncus arteriosus in the process of forming the aorta and pulmonary trunk.</text>
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          <term>aorta</term>
          <url>https://goldbook.iupac.org/terms/view/10416</url>
        </item>
        <item>
          <term>aortopulmonary septum</term>
          <url>https://goldbook.iupac.org/terms/view/10419</url>
        </item>
        <item>
          <term>bulbus cordis</term>
          <url>https://goldbook.iupac.org/terms/view/10480</url>
        </item>
        <item>
          <term>pulmonary</term>
          <url>https://goldbook.iupac.org/terms/view/11156</url>
        </item>
        <item>
          <term>transposition of the great arteries</term>
          <url>https://goldbook.iupac.org/terms/view/11315</url>
        </item>
        <item>
          <term>truncus arteriosus</term>
          <url>https://goldbook.iupac.org/terms/view/11328</url>
        </item>
      </links>
      <sources>
        <item>PAC, 2016, 88, 713. 'Glossary of terms used in developmental and reproductive toxicology (IUPAC Recommendations 2016)' on page 738 (https://doi.org/10.1515/pac-2015-1202)</item>
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  <citation>Citation: 'conal growth hypothesis' in IUPAC Compendium of Chemical Terminology, 5th ed. International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry; 2025. Online version 5.0.0, 2025. 10.1351/goldbook.10549</citation>
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  <accessed>2026-05-10T05:33:00+00:00</accessed>
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