The cerebellum, with its stereotypic anatomy, has served as an engine of discovery for developmental neurobiologists and cancer biologists alike. However, new findings reported in this issue of Nature Neuroscience suggest that its anatomy and cellular specification, and by extension, its tumor biology, may be less simple than previously believed.
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Pak, E., Segal, R. & Stiles, C. New progenitors NESTIN(g) in the EGL. Nat Neurosci 16, 1710–1712 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1038/nn.3580
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