Principles of early human development and germ cell program from conserved model systems (2017)
Journal Article
Kobayashi, T., Zhang, H., Tang, W., Irie, N., Withey, S., Klisch, D., …Surani, M. (2017). Principles of early human development and germ cell program from conserved model systems. Nature, 546, https://doi.org/10.1038/nature22812

Human primordial germ cells (hPGCs), the precursors of sperm and eggs, originate during week 2-3 of early postimplantation development(1). Using in vitro models of hPGC induction(2-4), recent studies suggest striking mechanistic differences in specif... Read More about Principles of early human development and germ cell program from conserved model systems.