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Refuting the hypothesis that the acquisition of germ plasm accelerates animal evolution

Primordial germ cells (PGCs) give rise to the germ line in animals. PGCs are specified during embryogenesis either by an ancestral mechanism of cell–cell signalling (induction) or by a derived mechanism of maternally provided germ plasm (preformation). Recently, a hypothesis was set forth purporting...

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Autores principales: Whittle, Carrie A., Extavour, Cassandra G.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Nature Publishing Group 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5013649/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27577604
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/ncomms12637