Principles of early human development and germ cell program from conserved model systems

Human primordial germ cells (hPGCs), the precursors of sperm and eggs, originate during week 2-3 of early postimplantation development(1). Using in vitro models of hPGC induction(2-4), recent studies suggest striking mechanistic differences in specification of human and mouse PGCs(5). This may partl...

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Main Authors: Kobayashi, Toshihiro, Zhang, Haixin, Tang, walfred, Irie, Naoko, Withey, Sarah, Klisch, Doris, Sybirna, Anastasiya, Contreras, D., Webb, Robert, Allegrucci, Cinzia, Alberio, Ramiro, Surani, M.
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Published: Nature Publishing Group 2017
Online Access:https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/43643/