VASA expression suggests shared germ line dynamics in bivalve molluscs

• Published in: Histochemistry and Cell Biology
• Main Authors: MILANI, LILIANA, PECCI, ANDREA, GHISELLI, FABRIZIO, PASSAMONTI, MARCO, BETTINI, SIMONE, FRANCESCHINI, VALERIA, MAURIZII, MARIA GABRIELLA
• Other Authors: Milani, Liliana, Pecci, Andrea, Ghiselli, Fabrizio, Passamonti, Marco, Bettini, Simone, Franceschini, Valeria, Maurizii, Maria Gabriella
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2017
• Subjects: Anadara kagoshimensi; Crassostrea giga; Gonad; Immunohistochemistry; Multipotent cell; Mya arenaria; Histology; Molecular Biology; Medical Laboratory Technology; Cell Biology; Crassostrea gigas
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/11585/607238; https://doi.org/10.1007/s00418-017-1560-x; https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00418-017-1560-x

Germ line segregation can occur during embryogenesis or after embryogenesis completion, with multipotent cells able to give rise to both germ and somatic cells in the developing juvenile or even in adulthood. These undifferentiated cells, in some animals, are self-renewing stem cells. In all these c...