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Yaoyu Jiao1, Trevor R Sorrells1,2,3
1Department of Genetics, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut, United States of America.
Plos Biology
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How animal brains evolve to support ecological specialization is poorly understood. A recent PLOS Biology study reveals that glial cells show the most dramatic molecular and cellular changes in the brains of fruit flies adapted to a toxic niche, highlighting their underappreciated role in brain evolution.
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