Tales of a Travelin' Cell

Author: Smith, Douglas L.

Published in: Engineering and Science, Volume 65, Number 1, 2002, pp. 10-21

Part of: Engineering and Science, Volume 65:1, 2002

Item Category: Feature Articles

Persistent URL: https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechES:65.1.Tales

Abstract

The cells of the neural crest lead a life that might make Huck Finn envious. They wander through the embryo before growing up, and in the process help make us vertebrates.

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