A new single-cell and spatial atlas of the developing human face identifies 56 cell states, hundreds of spatial patterning ...

Early in development, a group of migrating cells called cranial neural crest cells go on to form many different parts of the face, including the nose, jaw, ears, and throat. To build these structures ...

Shapes of beaks and snouts come in an extraordinary range of forms, reflecting adaptations to different lifestyles and environments. Yet beneath this diversity lies a paradox: across birds and mammals ...

Despite being almost genetically identical to modern humans, Neanderthals had much chunkier faces, with big noses, protruding brows, and large, powerful jaws. Amazingly, these striking differences in ...

DNA methylation is a key epigenome component that helps dictate how genes are expressed, contributing to normal cell and tissue differentiation during development, as well as the process of biological ...

Orofacial clefts, which include cleft lip and cleft palate, are among the most common birth defects worldwide, affecting roughly one in 600 newborns. For decades, researchers have known that the gene ...

If all the DNA in a human cell was stretched out end to end, it would be roughly six feet long. That’s a lot of genetic information to pack into a cell that is, on average, one-fifth the size of a ...