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Medaka vasa is required for migration but not survival of primordial germ cells.
Mechanisms of development - 1 Jan 2000
Li Mingyou, Hong Ni, Xu Hongyan, Yi Meisheng, Li Changming, Gui Jianfang, Hong Yunhan
Abstract excerpt
Vasa is essential for germline development. However, the precise processes in which vasa involves vary considerably in diverse animal phyla. Here we show that vasa is required for primordial germ cell (PGC) migration in the medakafish. vasa knockdown by two morpholinos led to the PGC migration de...
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