title: Head development. Craniofacial genetics makes headway.
abstract: Studies of neural crest migration in animal models, and of human syndromes in which craniofacial development is abnormal, are helping us to understand both prenatal and postnatal development of the head.
authors.affiliation: Department of Clinical Dental Sciences, Faculty of Dentistry, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada.
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Richman
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002971:Cleft Lip / Q000196:embryology / Q000235:genetics; D003398:Craniosynostoses / Q000196:embryology / Q000235:genetics; D005145:Face / Q000196:embryology; D006257:Head / Q000196:embryology*; D006801:Humans; D009432:Neural Crest / Q000196:embryology; D012886:Skull / Q000196:embryology