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The neural crest: Basic biology and clinical relationships in the craniofacial and enteric nervous systems
1 Jun 2004
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The highly migratory, mesenchymal neural crest cell population was discovered over 100 years ago. Proposals of these cells' origin within the neuroepithelium, and of the tissues they gave rise to, initiated decades-long heated debates, since these proposals challenged the powerful germ-layer theory. Having survived this storm, the neural crest is now regarded as a pluripotent stem cell population that makes vital...
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