Baby Syndactyly

This picture really shows the importance of apoptosis aside from just death of cells that need to go.

This baby was born with his third and fourth fingers fused. Reading the comments, people were discussing the importance of apoptosis. It turns out at apoptosis is the process that degrades the webbing between fingers and toes starting at 16 weeks in the womb. This condition is genetic. In the picture is type 1.

I just thought this was cool to share!