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Stem cells: slow and steady wins the race

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How are quiescent adult neural stem cells (NSCs) generated during development? A study now identifies a reserve population of p57-expressing, slowly dividing embryonic neural progenitors that later give rise to adult NSCs.

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Figure 1: The embryonic origin of adult NSCs in the SEZ.

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