Sex Specification and Heterogeneity of Primordial Germ Cells in Mice.

In mice, primordial germ cells migrate into the genital ridges by embryonic day 13.5 (E13.5), where they are then subjected to a sex-specific fate with female and male primordial germ cells undergoing mitotic arrest and meiosis, respectively. However, the sex-specific basis of primordial germ cell d...

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Main Authors: Akihiko Sakashita, Yukiko Kawabata, Yuko Jincho, Shiun Tajima, Soichiro Kumamoto, Hisato Kobayashi, Yasuhisa Matsui, Tomohiro Kono
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2015-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4689518?pdf=render