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Germ cells and germ cell sex
29 Nov 1995
Abstract excerpt
Whether germ cells succeed in making eggs or sperm depends both on their genetic constitution and on the tissue environment in which they develop. The decision as to whether it is oogenesis or spermatogenesis on which they initially embark depends only on their environment, however, and not at all on their own chromosomes. The foetal testis of the mouse produces an inhibitor of meiosis: germ cells that are...
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