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The plastic face

Massimo Pasqualetti and Filippo M. Rijli ()
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Massimo Pasqualetti: Institut de Génétique et de Biologie Moléculaire et Cellulaire, CNRS/INSERM/ULP, Collège de France
Filippo M. Rijli: Institut de Génétique et de Biologie Moléculaire et Cellulaire, CNRS/INSERM/ULP, Collège de France

Nature, 2002, vol. 416, issue 6880, 493-494

Abstract: In vertebrates, the face is formed in part by neural crest cells. It has been assumed that the developmental fate of these cells is inbuilt. New work, however, reveals a role for instructive signals from nearby cells.

Date: 2002
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