Neural development: identical twins separated at birth?
A combination of time-lapse analysis of developing brain slices in vitro and the cloning of genes involved in determining cell fate has demonstrated the remarkable similarities between early neurogenetic events in vertebrates and invertebrates.
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Department of Neurology, Beth Israel Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, USA.
D000818:Animals; D001921:Brain / Q000166:cytology / Q000254:growth & development / Q000502:physiology; D002453:Cell Cycle; D002455:Cell Division; D002540:Cerebral Cortex / Q000166:cytology / Q000502:physiology*; D004330:Drosophila / Q000254:growth & development; D008322:Mammals; D009474:Neurons / Q000502:physiology*