New work identifies a neurogenic progenitor population in the developing human and ferret cortex that may have contributed substantially to the evolution of cortical expansion and folding in higher mammals.
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Tyler, W., Haydar, T. A new contribution to brain convolution: progenitor cell logistics during cortex development. Nat Neurosci 13, 656–657 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1038/nn0610-656
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