The Embryonic Origin of Primordial Germ Cells in the Tardigrade Hypsibius exemplaris

• Main Authors: Heikes, Kira L., Game, Mandy, Smith, Frank W., Goldstein, Bob
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory 2023
• Subjects: Article; Vasa; Tardigrade; water bear
• Online Access: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9948961/; https://doi.org/10.1101/2023.01.02.522500

Primordial germ cells (PGCs) give rise to gametes – cells necessary for the propagation and fertility of diverse organisms. Current understanding of PGC development is limited to the small number of organisms whose PGCs have been identified and studied. Expanding the field to include little-studie...