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Clocking the birth of neurons

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Different types of neurons are born in a conserved, sequential order during development. The molecular cogs in the clock-like mechanism driving this process are now being revealed.

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Figure 1: The ageing neuroblast.

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Harris, W. Clocking the birth of neurons. Nature 425, 568–569 (2003). https://doi.org/10.1038/425568a

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