Mammalian-Like Neurogenesis Seen In Fruit Flies

A new way of generating brain cells has been uncovered in Drosophila. The findings, published this week in the online open access journal Neural Development, reveal that this novel mode of neurogenesis is very similar to that seen in mammalian brains, suggesting that key aspects of neural development could be shared by insects and mammals.

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Filed under: Biology on February 19th, 2008