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Introduction to growth and development in craniofacial anomalies symposium and society of craniofacial genetics abstracts

In the December 2010 issue of AJMG the Journal featured a Special Section entitled New Developments in Craniofacial Biology. That special series of seven papers highlighted and summarized some exciting advances in our understanding of the developmental biology and genetics of craniofacial morphogenesis. These articles were originally presented at the 2008 symposium Growth and Development in Craniofacial Anomalies organized by the Center for Craniofacial Disorders at the Children’s Hospital at Montefiore of the Albert Einstein College of Medicine and chaired by Dr. Alan L. Shanske. The symposium brought together an international panel of investigators and was generously supported by the Jorge Posada Foundation. In this issue the Journal is featuring the following paper by Cordero and colleagues on craniofacial neural crest cells and their role in craniofacial development. This paper was also included in the aforementioned symposium but is published here as the issue’s lead article and is accompanied by a series of abstracts which were presented at the Society of Craniofacial Genetics Annual 2010 Meeting. AJMG is pleased to highlight these recent advances in craniofacial biology, traditionally a key theme of the Journal.