Our faces and brains

Martijn P. van den Heuvel; Danielle Posthuma

doi:10.1038/s41588-021-00858-3

Our faces and brains

Martijn P. van den Heuvel^*, Danielle Posthuma

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Neurological, cognitive and genetic sciences share a longstanding interest in studying the relationship between the shape of the human skull and of the brain. However, the downstream biological genetic underpinnings of such interactions, if they exist, remain largely unknown. A new genetic study now reports on a set of genes that may be involved in substantially shaping the profile of our face and the physical shape of our brain, but not so much its capabilities.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	765-766
Number of pages	2
Journal	Nature genetics
Volume	53
Issue number	6
Early online date	22 Apr 2021
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1038/s41588-021-00858-3
Publication status	Published - Jun 2021

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