This morning, the face you critiqued in the mirror was sculpted before you were born by a transient population of cells called neural crest cells. Those cells spring from neural tissue of the brain and embryonic spinal cord and travel throughout the body, where they morph into highly specialized bone structures, cartilage, connective tissue, and nerve cells. Occasionally, neural crest cell development goes awry, causing birth defects affecting regions ...Saturday, 21 December 2013
Syngnathia: First Genetic Model of a Human Jaw Fusion Defect
This morning, the face you critiqued in the mirror was sculpted before you were born by a transient population of cells called neural crest cells. Those cells spring from neural tissue of the brain and embryonic spinal cord and travel throughout the body, where they morph into highly specialized bone structures, cartilage, connective tissue, and nerve cells. Occasionally, neural crest cell development goes awry, causing birth defects affecting regions ...
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