Mouse primordial germ cells produce cysts that partially fragment prior to meiosis

Development (Cambridge)

Volumn 140, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 2075-2081

  Lei, Lei ^a   Spradling, Allan C ^a  

^a HOWARD HUGHES MEDICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cyst; Germ cell; Lineage labeling

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL AGGREGATION; CELL DIVISION; CELL MATURATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYST; FEMALE; FETUS; FETUS DEVELOPMENT; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GONAD; MALE; MAMMAL CELL; MEIOSIS; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIMORDIAL GERM CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STEM CELL;

ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; CELL LINEAGE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CROSSES, GENETIC; DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GERM CELLS; MALE; MEIOSIS; MICE; OOCYTES; SPERMATOGENESIS; TIME FACTORS;

MAMMALIA; MURINAE;

EID: 84877053315     PISSN: 09501991     EISSN: 14779129     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/dev.093864     Document Type: Article

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