Human-specific transposable elements shaped the evolution of craniofacial development through regulation of neural crest migration Craniofacial development and neural crest specification are evolutionarily conserved processes, yet subtle modifications to their gene regulatory networks drive species-specific craniofacial diversity...

New preprint from my group! Here we studied the contribution of a subset of human- and hominoid-specific transposons (SVA, LTR5HS) to the evolution of human craniofacial development. We specifically focussed on cranial neural crest (CNCC) formation and migration 1/n
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Our new preprint is possibly the best way to announce I'm on Bluesky now!

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