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From embryo mutation to adult degeneration

Mutations in embryonic blood-cell precursors called erythro-myeloid progenitors cause abnormal activation of their descendants — immune cells called microglia — leading to neurodegeneration in mice. See Letter p.389

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Figure 1: Cell-specific effects of mutations in the BRAF protein.

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