Nathan M. Young

The paper shows that reduced brain growth in ciliary transition zone mutants causes premature facial fusion by mechanically forcing facial prominences into convergence.

The paper analyzes 3D micro-CT images of chicken embryos to show that primary palatal fusion creates a structurally constrained shape window during craniofacial development.

MusMorph provides standardized mouse morphology data for meta-analyses, including craniofacial and brain structures across developmental stages and genotypes.