Delighted to share our review on the #ferret as a model system for #neocortex development and evolution. It was great to write this with @Carlottagilard3. @humantechnopole @FrontCellDevBio frontiersin.org/articles/10.33… 1/ The main reasons that make ferret an important neurodevelopmental animal model are:
1)Similarly to primates, ferret has an expanded and folded neocortex with a diversity of proliferative neural stem and progenitor cells. 2/