Calcium dynamics tune timing of developmental transitions to generate evolutionarily divergent axon tract lengths
Feline W Lindhout, Hanna M. Szafranska, Luca Gulglielmi, Iván Imaz-Rosshandler, Jérôme Boulanger A, Maryam Moarefian, Kateryna Voitiuk, Natalia K. Zernicka-Glover, Ulrike Schulze, John Minnick, Daniel J Lloyd-Davies Sanchez, Ilaria Chiaradia, Laura Pellegrini, Mircea Teodorescu, Madeline A. Lancaster
The paper shows that slower axon growth in humans, driven by reduced calcium influx, leads to longer axon tracts through prolonged growth duration, with calcium dynamics regulating developmental timing.
bioRxiv · Dec 28, 2024 · PreprintDevelopmental Biology