Evolution of the neocortex: a perspective from developmental biology
Rakic P. Evolution of the neocortex: a perspective from developmental biology. Nature Reviews Neuroscience 2009, 10: 724-735. PMID: 19763105, PMCID: PMC2913577, DOI: 10.1038/nrn2719.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsEvo-devo approachSpecies-specific adaptationsExtinct common ancestorsNew cell typesSpecies-specific differencesMutations of genesProliferative ventricular zoneMammalian evolutionDistinct migratory pathwaysCommon ancestorDevelopmental biologyCell divisionNew traitsNew cell subtypesNeural stem cellsProtomap hypothesisMouse embryosNew cytoarchitectonic areasTranscriptional factorsUnique cognitive abilitiesGene expressionDifferential enlargementDistinct traitsMigratory pathwaysCortical evolution
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