How do environmental cues influence germ cell development and sex determination in some species?

In many animals, the germ cells originate in the primitive streak and migrate via the gut of an embryo to the developing gonads. There, they undergo meiosis, ... Apr 19, 2016 ... Research offers insights beyond maternal inheritance. It has been accepted wisdom for decades that most animals create germ cells ― those cells ... Qiaolin Deng is studying this migration and maturation to learn more about infertility, epigenetic inheritance and cancer. Jun 8, 2006 ... Here we show that chicken PGCs can be isolated, cultured and genetically modified while maintaining their commitment to the germ line. Abstract Plethodon cinereus is favorable for a study of the history of the germ line. The germ cells are large, while the gonads are small and show an ... ... germ cell function. The complex molecular regulation of sperm production and ... Reproduction.MS. Reproduction.MS seminar 'Mutational landscape and selective ... Germ line refers to the sex cells (eggs and sperm) that sexually reproducing organisms use to pass on their genomes from one generation to the next. In a fetus, germ cells are cells that should become sperm in the testicles or eggs in the ovaries. Sometimes these cells don't travel to the right part of the ... Apr 11, 2018 ... Most types and stages of germ cell cancers of the ovary are treated the same way, with surgery and chemotherapy (chemo). Oct 1, 2021 ... Spermatocytic Tumors. A spermatocytic tumor is a rare TGCT (ie, it represents only 1% of testicular cancers) that is derived from mature germ ...