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So excited to see the new work out from fellow PhD candidate @mayapahima.bsky.social in the @flomarlow.bsky.social lab where they show that PGCs are not restricted to GSC differentiation and contribute to other cell populations of the early gonad and ovary 🦓🐟❤️!
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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Clonal analysis reveals differential PGC contributions to the early germline and ovarian reserve
Primordial germ cells (PGCs) are the precursors of the germline and among the first cells to be specified during embryogenesis. Contrary to the common assumption that PGCs directly develop into germli...