Development of The Human Cerebral Cortices
Before E40 (embryonic day 40), progenitor cells generate other progenitor cells; after that period, progenitor cells produce only dissimilar daughters. The cells from a single progenitor cell form a proliferative unit that creates one cortical column; these columns contain a variety of neurons with different shapes.
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