title: Head muscles: aliens who came in from the cold?
abstract: Two complementary studies by Harel et al. and Sambasivan et al. published in this issue of Developmental Cell show the overwhelming diversity in the developmental programs and embryonic origins of distinct muscle groups and their associated muscle stem cells.
authors.affiliation: Developmental Biology Institute of Marseille Luminy (IBDML), CNRS UMR 6216, Université de la Méditerranée, Campus de Luminy, Marseille, France.
authors.forename: Anne C
authors.initials: AC
authors.lastname: Rios
authors.forename: Christophe
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Marcelle
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D019070:Cell Lineage; D053263:Gene Regulatory Networks; D006257:Head; D009132:Muscles / Q000166:cytology* / Q000196:embryology* / Q000378:metabolism; D010641:Phenotype; D012038:Regeneration; D032496:Satellite Cells, Skeletal Muscle / Q000166:cytology / Q000378:metabolism