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Identification, Isolation, and In Vitro Culture of Porcine Gonocytes1
22 Mar 2007
Abstract excerpt
Gonocytes are primitive germ cells that reside in the seminiferous tubules of neonatal testes and give rise to spermatogonia, thereby initiating spermatogenesis. Due to a lack of specific markers, the isolation and culture of these cells has proven to be difficult in the pig. In the present study, we show that a lectin, Dolichos biflorus agglutinin (DBA), which has specific affinity for primordial germ cells...
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