Specification of primordial germ cells in medaka (Oryzias latipes)

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Primordial germ cells (PGCs) give rise to gametes that are responsible for the development of a new organism in the next generation. Two modes of germ line specification have been described: the inheritance of asymmetrically-localize...

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Main Authors: Raz Erez, Kluever Nils, Riedel Dietmar, Rohr Stefan, Herpin Amaury, Schartl Manfred
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2007-01-01
Series:BMC Developmental Biology
Online Access:http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-213X/7/3