Biologists create ‘atlas’ of gene expression in neurons, documenting diversity of brain cells

Researchers have created a ‘developmental atlas’ of gene expression in neurons, using gene sequencing and machine learning to categorize more than 250,000 neurons in the brains of fruit flies. Their study finds that neurons exhibit the most molecular diversity during development and reveals a previously unknown type of neurons only present before flies hatch.

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