Birth defects are abnormalities that occur in babies which affect how the body looks, works or both. They can be structural or functional in nature.
Genetic influence on infants, as to how a child looks at the surrounding world, with or without autism, can be directly traceable to their genetics.
Identification of new genes that shape facial features in an individual may help predict a correct and complete face on the basis of DNA in the future.
The notion that our genes control our face is self-evident. Many of us have facial traits that clearly resemble those of our parents and identical twins are often indistinguishable.