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. 2016 Dec 19;39(6):631-633.
doi: 10.1016/j.devcel.2016.12.003.

Germ Cells Get by with a Little Cannibalistic Help from Their Friends

Shefali Krishna  1 , Michael Overholtzer  2
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Germ Cells Get by with a Little Cannibalistic Help from Their Friends

Shefali Krishna et al. Dev Cell. .
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Abstract

During development, primordial germ cells (PGCs) navigate a complex journey to generate the germline. In a recent paper in Nature Cell Biology, Nance and colleagues (Abdu et al., 2016) have discovered an unexpected step along the way: PGCs get cut in half by endodermal cells.

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