A matter of balance: Asymmetric divisions are crucial to form a functional retina








Posted on: December 14, 2020


Category: Neuroscience

A matter of balance: Asymmetric divisions are crucial to form a functional retina



Researchers at the Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência and the Max Planck Institute of Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics in Dresden, Germany, have discovered that in the developing retina, and important part of the central nervous system, the divisions leading to the first differentiating neurons are asymmetric and that this asymmetry is necessary to generate the correct types of neurons in the right numbers and proportions.

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