Facial Transplants in Xenopus laevis Embryos

Craniofacial birth defects occur in 1 out of every 700 live births, but etiology is rarely known due to limited understanding of craniofacial development. To identify where signaling pathways and tissues act during patterning of the developing face, a 'face transplant' technique has been d...

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Main Authors: Jacox, Laura A. (Contributor), Dickinson, Amanda J. (Author), Sive, Hazel L. (Contributor)
Other Authors: Harvard University- (Contributor), Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Biology (Contributor), Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research (Contributor)
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MyJoVE Corporation, 2014-09-17T15:53:35Z.
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