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Zebrafish vasa is required for germ-cell differentiation and maintenance.
Molecular reproduction and development - 1 Oct 2014
Hartung Odelya, Forbes Meredyth M, Marlow Florence L
Abstract excerpt
Vasa is a universal marker of the germ line in animals, yet mutations disrupting vasa cause sexually dimorphic infertility, with impaired development of the ovary in some animals and the testis in others. The basis for this sexually dimorphic requirement for Vasa is not clear; in most animals examined, both the male and female gonad express vasa throughout the life of the germ line. Here we characterized a...
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