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Nature Cell Biology 10, 93–101 (1 January 2008) | doi:10.1038/ncb1673

Neuroepithelial progenitors undergo LGN-dependent planar divisions to maintain self-renewability during mammalian neurogenesis

Daijiro Konno , Go Shioi , Atsunori Shitamukai , Asako Mori , Hiroshi Kiyonari , Takaki Miyata & Fumio Matsuzaki

During mammalian development, neuroepithelial cells function as mitotic progenitors, which self-renew and generate neurons. Although spindle orientation is important for such polarized cells to undergo symmetric or asymmetric divisions, its role in mammalian neurogenesis remains unclear.