Instead, the germ cells of plants are established de novo from somatic cells in the floral reproductive organs, the stamens and carpels.

Instead, the germ cells of plants are established de novo from somatic cells in the floral reproductive organs, the stamens and carpels.

Germ cells are highly specialized cells that form gametes, and they are the only cells within an organism that contribute genes to offspring. Germline stem cells (GSCs) sustain gamete production ...

NIH’s SMaHT Network will chart trillions of somatic mutations to reveal how our DNA changes over a lifetime. In a nutshell ...

For example, follicle cells, i.e., somatic cells surrounding oocytes, interact directly with female germ cells on their apical side and contribute to egg production.

In both mouse and Drosophila, the sexual identity of germ cells is influenced by the sex of the surrounding somatic tissue (for example, refs 1, 2, reviewed in refs 3, 4); however, little is known ...

We now know that in the absence of the protective mechanism somatic cells under the influence of germ cells do not transcribe well and die", says Casanova. Source: Institute for Research in ...

Embryos and germ cells are commonly stored at ultra-low temperatures in liquid nitrogen. But storing reproductive cells in liquid nitrogen is tricky.

They only truly thrived, however, once they evolved somatic cells that bore the brunt of the dirty work, along side germ cells that transmitted a "clean" genome to the next generation.

Abstract 410 Background: TGCT is a prototype stem-cell malignancy recapitulating the ontogeny of solid tumors. We studied the roles of differentiation versus dedifferentiation in a bona fide ...

Somatic cell Somatic cells are any cells forming the body of an organism, as opposed to germline cells. In mammals, germline cells (also known as "gametes") are the spermatozoa and ova which fuse ...

Background: Germ cell tumors (GCT) with a malignant somatic component (MSC) represent an uncommon variant of what is typically a curable neoplasm. Histologic subtypes of the somatic component vary ...