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The neuron family tree remodelled

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The discovery of different classes of neuronal progenitor cell, destined to give rise to neurons in specific layers of the cerebral cortex, could presage the revision of a 50-year-old model of brain development.

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Figure 1: Adding layers of complexity to the brain.

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  1. Oscar Marín is at the Instituto de Neurociencias, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas and Universidad Miguel Hernández, Sant Joan d'Alacant 03550, Spain.,

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Marín, O. The neuron family tree remodelled. Nature 490, 185–186 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1038/490185a

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