Zebrafish vasa RNA but Not Its Protein Is a Component of the Germ Plasm and Segregates Asymmetrically before Germline Specification
Work in different organisms revealed that the vasa gene product is essential for germline specification. Here, we describe the asymmetric segregation of zebrafish vasa RNA, which distinguishes germ cell precursors from somatic cells in cleavage stage embryos. At the late blastula (sphere) stage, vas...
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| Format: | Online |
| Language: | English |
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The Rockefeller University Press
2000
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| Online Access: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2174565/ |