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On the number of founding germ cells in humans

BACKGROUND: The number of founding germ cells (FGCs) in mammals is of fundamental significance to the fidelity of gene transmission between generations, but estimates from various methods vary widely. In this paper we obtain a new estimate for the value in humans by using a mathematical model of ger...

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Autores principales: Zheng, Chang-Jiang, Luebeck, E Georg, Byers, Breck, Moolgavkar, Suresh H
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2005
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1215522/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16120211
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1742-4682-2-32