Craniofacial Development
Subtitle: The Tissue and Molecular Interactions That Control Development of the Head (Advances in Anatomy, Embryology and Cell Biology)
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: Springer
Published: January 22, 2004
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 144
ISBN-13: 9783540003632
Subjects: Physiology; Science/Mathematics; Life Sciences - Biology - General; Facial bones; Science; Medical / Nursing; Neurology - General; Embryology; Medical / Embryology; Medical-Neurology - General; Science / Developmental Biology; Science-Life Sciences - Biology - General; Diseases - Brain; Growth; Head; Molecular aspects
First sentence: Craniofacial development is a multistep and intricate process initially involving a number of inductive interactions that control neural and neural crest development, which are followed by a series of epithelial-mesenchymal interactions that control outgrowth, patterning, and skeletal differentiation.