NeuroscienceProceedings of the National Academy of SciencesPeer-reviewed
An evolutionarily acquired microRNA shapes development of mammalian cortical projections
Jessica Diaz, Verl B. Siththanandan, Victoria Lu…·Suzanne A. Tharin
The paper identifies a microRNA cluster unique to placental mammals that promotes corticospinal neuron identity by repressing LMO4, a callosal gene, thereby contributing to neuronal subtype diversity in the mammalian brain.