Germ cells are the precursors to sperm and eggs ... scientists have been able to improve the efficiency of hPGC differentiation, which is essential for understanding human reproductive biology ...

In the intricate science of reproduction, the creation of offspring has long relied on the union of sperm and eggs, whether ...

The nucleus of a germline stem cell undergoes two divisions, firstly separating homologous chromosomes and secondly separating chromatids. Haploid gametes contain 23 single chromosomes.

After a flurry of cell divisions from the starting “germ cell” (i.e. united egg and sperm), somatic ... DREAM’s involvement in protecting somatic cell differentiation suggests that transcriptional ...

As division continues, some cells divide into the growing mass ... the epiblast invades inward toward the primitive endoderm. This begins the differentiation into the three germ layers that will ...