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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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Jacox, Laura A., Dickinson, Amanda J., Sive, Hazel L.
Other Authors: Harvard University--MIT Division of Health Sciences and Technology
Format: Article
Language:en_US
Published: MyJoVE Corporation 2014
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/89792
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4890-424X
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6631-0042