GenomicsbioRxivPreprint
Spatial Logic and Evolutionary Innovation in Human Placentation
Zhida Luo, Cheng Wang, Yan Zhou…·Jingjing Li
The paper uses single-nucleus RNA-seq and spatial transcriptomics to show how the maternal-fetal interface diverges in structure and function between the basal plate and chorionic membranes, identifying NID2 as an ancestry-associated regulator of trophoblast invasion.