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Nature Cell Biology 10, 1253–1254 (1 November 2008) | doi:10.1038/ncb1108-1253

A new dawn for Aurora?

Andrea H. Brand

Stem cells of the Drosophila melanogaster central nervous system, called neuroblasts, divide asymmetrically to produce a self-renewing cell and a daughter cell that divides only once to give two post-mitotic neurons. At each division, cell fate determinants are segregated to the daughter cell, where they inhibit self-renewal and promote differentiation.