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December 23

Posted by , on 23 December 2012

Today’s recommended paper is:

Inhibition of SRGAP2 Function by Its Human-Specific Paralogs Induces Neoteny during Spine Maturation
Cécile Charrier et al. (2012)
Cell 149 (4), 923-935

Submitted by Joanna Asprer:
“The paper shows that a human-specific paralog of SRGAP2 may have played a role in human evolution by promoting the formation of denser and longer dendritic spines during cortical development.”

From December 1 to 24 we are featuring Node readers’ favourite papers of the past year. Click the calendar in the side bar each day to see a new paper. To see all papers submitted so far, see the calendar archive.

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