First genetic model of human jaw fusion defect known as syngnathia
Friday, December 27, 2013 - 19:00
in Biology & Nature
The face you critiqued in the mirror this morning 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.