Asynchronous fate decisions by single cells collectively ensure consistent lineage composition in the mouse blastocyst

Early embryonic cell fate and lineage specification is tightly regulated in the preimplantation mammalian embryo. Here, the authors quantitatively examine the ratio of epiblast to primitive endoderm lineages in the blastocyst and show composition of the inner cell mass is conserved, independent of i...

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Main Authors: Néstor Saiz, Kiah M. Williams, Venkatraman E. Seshan, Anna-Katerina Hadjantonakis
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2016-11-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms13463