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Coordinated neural progenitor adaptations drive primate neocortical downscaling

2026-02-19

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Most primates possess a large, highly folded (gyrencephalic) neocortex, a feature present in the primate common ancestor. In contrast, several New World monkey species display a comparatively small and largely smooth, unfolded (lissencephalic) neocortex. One prominent example is the common marmoset, an increasingly popular model in neuroscience. This phenotype likely reflects an evolutionary reduction from the anc...

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Literature Corpus work: 11e8fda9-25f7-50a6-ab21-3c1499a95eda
DOI: 10.64898/2026.02.19.706795

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