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Secondary loss of <i>miR-3607</i> reduced cortical progenitor amplification during rodent evolution

Kaviya Chinnappa, Adrián Cárdenas, Anna Prieto‐Colomina, Ana Villalba, Ángel Márquez-Galera, Rafael Soler, Yuki Nomura, Esther Llorens, Ugo Tomasello, José P. López‐Atalaya, Vı́ctor Borrell

2022Science Advances23 citationsDOIOpen Access PDF

Abstract

in ferret reduced RGC proliferation, while overexpression in human cerebral organoids promoted VZ expansion. Our results identify a gene selected for secondary loss during mammalian evolution to limit RGC amplification and, potentially, cortex size in rodents.

Topics & Concepts

RodentProgenitorProgenitor cellBiologyCell biologyStem cellPaleontologyRNA Research and SplicingMicroRNA in disease regulationGenetics, Aging, and Longevity in Model Organisms