| ▲ | rolph 12 hours ago | |
no it isnt. it is derived from disparate progenitor cells. "Two parallel neural ectoderm progenitors contribute to the developing brain" https://www.nature.com/articles/s41593-026-02433-7 these are not separate organs these are separate "stem cell" populations. under such a statement as submitted all of our organs that derive from varied populations of expressive constituency, would be amalgams of more than one organ. | ||
| ▲ | skavi 4 hours ago | parent [-] | |
very naive question: does organ even have a strict enough definition for discussions like this to be worthwhile? | ||