The active migration of germ cells in the embryos of mice and men is a myth

Reproduction

Volumn 125, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 635-643

  Freeman, Brian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

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Indexed keywords

ARTIFACT; CELL DEATH; CELL MIGRATION; CELL MOTION; ECTODERM; EMBRYO; EMBRYO CELL; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYO GROWTH; EXPLANT; GERM CELL; HUMAN; MESODERM; MOUSE; NEURAL CREST CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIMITIVE STREAK; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SCLEROTOME; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; VELOCITY;

EID: 0038811976     PISSN: 14701626     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1530/rep.0.1250635     Document Type: Review

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