Suzuki/Hirata Video Abstract

The Temporal Sequence of the Mammalian Neocortical Neurogenetic Program Drives Mediolateral Pattern in the Chick Pallium. The six-layered neocortex permits complex information processing in all mammalian species. Because its homologous region (the pallium) in nonmammalian amniotes has a different architecture, the ability of neocortical progenitors to generate an orderly sequence of distinct cell types was thought to have arisen in the mammalian lineage. This study, however, shows that layer-spe