Recent advances in the understanding of germ cell-specific organelles and their functions

Recent Advances in Germ Cells Research

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 41-69

  Kloc, Malgorzata ^a,b   Ghobrial, Rafik M ^a,b   Kubiak, Jacek Z ^c,d  

^a HOUSTON METHODIST HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HOUSTON METHODIST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE RENNES 1   (France)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE RENNES 1   (France)

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