Germline development in vertebrates and invertebrates

Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences

Volumn 55, Issue 8-9, 1999, Pages 1141-1163

  Saffman, E E ^a   Lasko, P ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Germ plasm; Germline; Migration; Primordial germ cells; Totipotency

Indexed keywords

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CELL MIGRATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; DEVELOPMENT; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; GAMETOGENESIS; GERM CELL; GERM LINE; INVERTEBRATE; NONHUMAN; REVIEW; VERTEBRATE; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

EID: 0032777762     PISSN: 1420682X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s000180050363     Document Type: Review

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