Dear Editor,The brain has complex molecular and cellular compositions.Current knowledge about the molecular taxonomy of the brain is mainly based on rodent studies.Although they share common ancestors,primates and rod...Dear Editor,The brain has complex molecular and cellular compositions.Current knowledge about the molecular taxonomy of the brain is mainly based on rodent studies.Although they share common ancestors,primates and rodents evolved via different routes,diverging more than 75 million years ago.Thus,studies of other species do not fully inform the unique cognitive abilities of primates.Previous analyses of gene expression profiles across species mainly focus on the hippocampus and prefrontal cortex.展开更多
基金supported by the National Nature Science Foundation of China(82171173,82071177,91732302,and 82201321)the Shanghai Brain-Intelligence Project of Science and Technology Commission of Shanghai Municipality(16JC1420501 and 22YF1422500)+1 种基金Strategic Priority Research Program of the Chinese Academy of Sciences(XDBS01060200)and the Shanghai Municipal Science and Technology Major Project(2018SHZDZX05)Shanghai Ninth People’s Hospital Grant(JYZP001).
文摘Dear Editor,The brain has complex molecular and cellular compositions.Current knowledge about the molecular taxonomy of the brain is mainly based on rodent studies.Although they share common ancestors,primates and rodents evolved via different routes,diverging more than 75 million years ago.Thus,studies of other species do not fully inform the unique cognitive abilities of primates.Previous analyses of gene expression profiles across species mainly focus on the hippocampus and prefrontal cortex.