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Proliferation of germ cells during gonadal sex differentiation in medaka: Insights from germ cell-depleted mutant zenzai.
Developmental biology - 15 Oct 2007
Saito Daisuke, Morinaga Chikako, Aoki Yumiko, Nakamura Shuhei, Mitani Hiroshi, Furutani-Seiki Makoto, Kondoh Hisato, Tanaka Minoru
Abstract excerpt
The proliferation of germ cells becomes sexually dimorphic during gonadal sex differentiation, although the underlying dynamics of this are not well understood in vertebrates. By tracing GFP-labeled germ cells in vivo and analyzing the germ cell-depleted mutant, zenzai, we show that the prolifera...
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