Brain Map of Gene Activity (IMAGE)

European Molecular Biology Laboratory

Brain Map of Gene Activity

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A virtual Platynereis brain (left), created by averaging microscopy images of the brains of 36 different individuals, onto which scientists mapped gene activity (right). Perspective shows the brain as viewed from inside a Platynereis larvae, at 48 hours’ old.

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EMBL/R.Tomer

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