Nature Communications (Jul 2022)

Comparison of chromatin accessibility landscapes during early development of prefrontal cortex between rhesus macaque and human

  • Xuelong Yao,
  • Zongyang Lu,
  • Zhanying Feng,
  • Lei Gao,
  • Xin Zhou,
  • Min Li,
  • Suijuan Zhong,
  • Qian Wu,
  • Zhenbo Liu,
  • Haofeng Zhang,
  • Zeyuan Liu,
  • Lizhi Yi,
  • Tao Zhou,
  • Xudong Zhao,
  • Jun Zhang,
  • Yong Wang,
  • Xingxu Huang,
  • Xiaoqun Wang,
  • Jiang Liu

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-31403-3
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 13, no. 1
pp. 1 – 15

Abstract

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The evolution of epigenetic regulation of brain development in primates is not well understood. Here, the authors perform a comparative study of epigenetic dynamics of early prefrontal cortex development between human and rhesus macaque, finding divergent regulatory elements that may be related to cognitive capacity.