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A niche maintaining germ line stem cells in the Drosophila ovary.
Science (New York, N.Y.) - 13 Oct 2000
Xie T, Spradling A C
Abstract excerpt
Stromal cells are thought to generate specific regulatory microenviroments or "niches" that control stem cell behavior. Characterizing stem cell niches in vivo remains an important goal that has been difficult to achieve. The individual ovarioles of the Drosophila ovary each contain about two germ line stem cells that maintain oocyte production. Here we show that anterior ovariolar somatic cells comprising three...
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