… germ cells (PGCs), a small population of cells set aside from other cell lineages very early in
embryonic … When they first appear in the embryo, germ cells have the potential in many, but …

… distribution of germ cells in the hindgut of a We/ embryo (18 somites) and a We/We embryo
(15 somites). Migration along the hind gut is passive: germ cells in embryos with migration …

… review recent evidence that the closest in vivo equivalent of an ES cell is an early germ cell.
… that distinguish early germ cells from other pluripotent cells of the early embryo. One marker, …

… cell allocation or proliferation, or an early loss of germ cells. A smaller founding population
could indicate a weaker signal in the heterozygotes, suggesting that germ cell allocation is …

… We show that embryoid bodies support maturation of the primordial germ cells … germ cells
from embryonic stem cells provides an accessible in vitro model system for studies of germline …

… closely with previous reports on primordial germ cells (PGCs). Embryos from which the cluster
area has … We argue that the cells in the cluster are indeed primordial germ cells, at a stage …

… essential in germ cells and early embryos. In particular, late oogenesis and early embryogenesis
… These maternal mRNAs subsequently undergo a general decay in embryos during the …

… kinetics than the rest of the genome: As in the early embryo this includes not only ICRs but
also CGI promoters of germ cell specific and meiosis related genes, and CGIs associated with …

… cells and germ cells (10,39). Then, we examined expression of additional embryonic stem cell
and/or germ cell-specific and germ cell… in human ES cells and/or human germ cells. These …

… [100] detected the expression of eight genes characteristic of early germ cells in … by later
germ cells was detected. Most significant, this study showed that early germ cell markers Stellar …