Potential impact of developmental biology on human health

Development

Germ layers

Susceptibility to developmental defects

Common defects

Causes of human embroyonic malformations

Example of defects caused by a single gene

Example of developmental defects caused by environmental factors

Brain development in humans

Neural tube defects: NTDs:
Ectodermal defects

Mesodermal NTDs

How digit duplications occur

Endodermal NTDs

Neural crest