Development: facial makeup enhancing our looks

Nicolas Rohner; Patrick Tschopp; Cliff Tabin

doi:10.1016/j.cub.2013.11.026

Development: facial makeup enhancing our looks

Curr Biol. 2014 Jan 6;24(1):R36-R38. doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2013.11.026.

Authors

Nicolas Rohner¹, Patrick Tschopp¹, Cliff Tabin²

Affiliations

¹ Harvard Medical School, Department of Genetics, 77 Avenue Louis Pasteur, Boston, MA 02115, USA.
² Harvard Medical School, Department of Genetics, 77 Avenue Louis Pasteur, Boston, MA 02115, USA. Electronic address: [email protected].

PMID: 24405678
DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2013.11.026

Abstract

A recent study in mice deciphers the complex genetic regulatory network underlying the morphogenesis of the face. The enhancer landscape underlying craniofacial development provides multiple entry points to understand what makes up the face, in natural variation or pathological conditions.

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MeSH terms

Animals
Enhancer Elements, Genetic / physiology*
Face / anatomy & histology*
Gene Expression Regulation, Developmental*
Maxillofacial Development / genetics*
Skull / growth & development*

Grants and funding

R01 HD045499/HD/NICHD NIH HHS/United States