Induction of Primordial Germ Cells from Pluripotent Epiblast

The formation of germ cells during embryogenesis bears the ultimate importance for the continuation of every species. It becomes evident that mechanisms governing germ cell fate specification are not well conserved across the animal kingdom. In most of the invertebrate and nonmammalian vertebrate sp...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Ying Ying, Xiaoxia Qi, Guang-Quan Zhao
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2002-01-01
Series:The Scientific World Journal
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1100/tsw.2002.155