Mouse blastomeres acquire ability to divide asymmetrically before compaction.

The mouse preimplantation embryo generates the precursors of trophectoderm (TE) and inner cell mass (ICM) during the 8- to 16-cell stage transition, when the apico-basal polarized blastomeres undergo divisions that give rise to cells with different fate. Asymmetric segregation of polar domain at 8-1...

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Main Authors: Monika Humięcka, Marcin Szpila, Piotr Kłoś, Marek Maleszewski, Katarzyna Szczepańska
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2017-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5376319?pdf=render