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ArticleFrontiers in neuroscience2015

Genetic manipulation of reptilian embryos: toward an understanding of cortical development and evolution.

Tadashi Nomura, Wataru Yamashita, Hitoshi Gotoh, Katsuhiko Ono

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Article in Frontiers in neuroscience, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 10 papers.

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4 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Tadashi NomuraDevelopmental Neurobiology, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine Kyoto, Japan ; Japan Science and Technology Agency, PRESTO Kawaguchi, Japan.
Wataru YamashitaDepartment of Biophysics, Graduate School of Science, Kyoto University Kyoto, Japan.
Hitoshi GotohDevelopmental Neurobiology, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine Kyoto, Japan.
Katsuhiko OnoDevelopmental Neurobiology, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine Kyoto, Japan.
Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine · JPKyoto University · JP

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The mammalian neocortex is a remarkable structure that is characterized by tangential surface expansion and six-layered lamination. However, how the mammalian neocortex emerged during evolution remains elusive. Because all modern reptiles have a homolog of the neocortex at the dorsal pallium, developmental analyses of the reptilian cortex are valuable to explore the origin of the neocortex. However, reptilian cortical development and the underlying molecular mechanisms remain unclear, mainly due to technical difficulties with sample collection and embryonic manipulation. Here, we introduce a method of embryonic manipulations for the Madagascar ground gecko and Chinese softshell turtle. We established in ovo electroporation and an ex ovo culture system to address neural stem cell dynamics, neuronal differentiation and migration. Applications of these techniques illuminate the developmental mechanisms underlying reptilian corticogenesis, which provides significant insight into the evolutionary steps of different types of cortex and the origin of the mammalian neocortex.

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amniotescortexevolutionex vivo culturein ovo electroporationreptiles

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