CLOCK Migration (IMAGE)

UT Southwestern Medical Center

CLOCK Migration

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This cluster of human neurons grown in culture shows red cells with altered CLOCK levels migrating farther than control green cells. The image is part of a study demonstrating that a gene controlling our biological clocks also plays a vital role in regulating human-specific genes important to brain evolution.

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