Convergent evolution of germ granule nucleators: A hypothesis
Germ cells have been considered “the ultimate stem cell” because they alone, during normal development of sexually reproducing organisms, are able to give rise to all organismal cell types. Morphological descriptions of a specialized cytoplasm termed ‘germ plasm’ and associated electron dense ribonu...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Elsevier
2017-10-01
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Series: | Stem Cell Research |
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Online Access: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1873506117301423 |