Germ Cells

Known as: Gamete, Cells, Germ-Line, Haploid nucleated cell 
Gametes, also known as sex cells or germ cells, are the cells that come together during fertilization or conception in organisms that reproduce… (More)
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2017
Review
2017
The evolutionary significance of polyploidy
Polyploidy, or the duplication of entire genomes, has been observed in prokaryotic and eukaryotic organisms, and in somatic and… (More)
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Review
2017
Review
2017
Transgenerational epigenetics: Integrating soma to germline communication with gametic inheritance.
Evidence supporting germline mediated epigenetic inheritance of environmentally induced traits has increasingly emerged over the… (More)
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Review
2016
Review
2016
Bioink properties before, during and after 3D bioprinting.
Bioprinting is a process based on additive manufacturing from materials containing living cells. These materials, often referred… (More)
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Highly Cited
2010
Highly Cited
2010
Genome-wide erasure of DNA methylation in mouse primordial germ cells is affected by AID deficiency
Epigenetic reprogramming including demethylation of DNA occurs in mammalian primordial germ cells (PGCs) and in early embryos… (More)
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Highly Cited
2006
Highly Cited
2006
A Genetic Screen Implicates miRNA-372 and miRNA-373 As Oncogenes in Testicular Germ Cell Tumors
Endogenous small RNAs (miRNAs) regulate gene expression by mechanisms conserved across metazoans. While the number of verified… (More)
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Highly Cited
2005
Highly Cited
2005
Blimp1 is a critical determinant of the germ cell lineage in mice
Germ cell fate in mice is induced in pluripotent epiblast cells in response to signals from extraembryonic tissues. The… (More)
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Highly Cited
2004
Highly Cited
2004
Meiotic catastrophe and retrotransposon reactivation in male germ cells lacking Dnmt3L
Mammalian genomes employ heritable cytosine methylation in the long-term silencing of retrotransposons and genes subject to… (More)
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Highly Cited
2002
Highly Cited
2002
Epigenetic reprogramming in mouse primordial germ cells
Genome-wide epigenetic reprogramming in mammalian germ cells, zygote and early embryos, plays a crucial role in regulating genome… (More)
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Highly Cited
1999
Highly Cited
1999
Bmp4 is required for the generation of primordial germ cells in the mouse embryo.
In many organisms the allocation of primordial germ cells (PGCs) is determined by the inheritance of maternal factors deposited… (More)
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Highly Cited
1998
Highly Cited
1998
Derivation of pluripotent stem cells from cultured human primordial germ cells.
Human pluripotent stem cells would be invaluable for in vitro studies of aspects of human embryogenesis. With the goal of… (More)
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