The extreme diversity of retinal amacrine cells has deep evolutionary roots
Dario Tommasini, Aboozar Monavarfeshani, Vishruth Dinesh, Joshua Hahn, Jared A. Tangeman, Olivier Marre, Seth Blackshaw, Teresa Puthussery, Joshua R. Sanes, Karthik Shekhar
The paper reconstructs the evolutionary origins of retinal amacrine cell diversity using transcriptomic data from 24 vertebrate species, identifying 42 orthologous cell types and suggesting a hybrid precursor origin.
Science Advances · Aug 14, 2026Peer-reviewedNeuroscience