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    A family of transposable elements co-opted into developmental enhancers in the mouse neocortex

    The neocortex is a mammalian-specific structure that is responsible for higher functions such as cognition, emotion and perception. To gain insight into its evolution and the gene regulatory codes that pattern...

    James H. Notwell, Tisha Chung, Whitney Heavner, Gill Bejerano in Nature Communications (2015)

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    Sample matching by inferred agonal stress in gene expression analyses of the brain

    Gene expression patterns in the brain are strongly influenced by the severity and duration of physiological stress at the time of death. This agonal effect, if not well controlled, can lead to spurious finding...

    Jun Z Li, Fan Meng, Larisa Tsavaler, Simon J Evans, Prabhakara V Choudary in BMC Genomics (2007)