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Germ Cell Development

Germ Cell Development is the biological process by which primordial germ cells are specified, migrate, and differentiate into mature gametes capable of fertilization, distinguishing it from somatic cell lineages by its exclusive contribution to the transmission of genetic information across generations.

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2017–2026

431

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Germline Development

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Generation of germline-competent induced pluripotent stem cells

Keisuke Okita, Tomoko Ichisaka, Shinya Yamanaka · Nature · 2007 · 4.2K citations

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The Cell in Development and Heredity

Harley J. Van Cleave, Edmund Wilson · Transactions of the American Microscopical Society · 1925 · 1.7K citations · Full text

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Nanog safeguards pluripotency and mediates germline development

Ian Chambers, José Silva, Douglas Colby et al. · Nature · 2007 · 1.5K citations

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Reconstitution of the Mouse Germ Cell Specification Pathway in Culture by Pluripotent Stem Cells

Katsuhiko Hayashi, Hiroshi Ohta, Kazuki Kurimoto et al. · Cell · 2011 · 1.4K citations · Full text

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Germline stem cells and follicular renewal in the postnatal mammalian ovary

Joshua Johnson, Tomoko Kaneko-Tarui, James K. Pru et al. · Nature · 2004 · 1.3K citations

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Authors

9.2K

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    M. Azim Surani

    The Gurdon Institute, United Kingdom

    54 publications · 9.7K citations

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  2. MS
    Mitinori Saitou

    Kyoto University, Japan

    41 publications · 10.7K citations

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  3. MD
    Massimo De Felici

    University of Rome Tor Vergata, Italy

    44 publications · 2.8K citations

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  4. RL
    Ruth Lehmann

    Howard Hughes Medical Institute, United States

    29 publications · 5.2K citations

    25

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  5. YM
    Yasuhisa Matsui

    Tohoku University, Japan

    33 publications · 4.7K citations

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Institutions

1.8K

  1. Howard Hughes Medical Institute

    Chevy Chase, United States

    76 h-index

    296 publications

    55.3K citations

  2. Kyoto University

    Kyoto, Japan

    55 h-index

    382 publications

    80.3K citations

  3. University of Cambridge

    Cambridge, United Kingdom

    49 h-index

    244 publications

    44.7K citations

  4. The Gurdon Institute

    Cambridge, United Kingdom

    45 h-index

    225 publications

    41.7K citations

  5. Japan Science and Technology Agency

    Tokyo, Japan

    42 h-index

    127 publications

    37.4K citations

  6. Wellcome Trust

    London, United Kingdom

    41 h-index

    179 publications

    36.8K citations

  7. Harvard University

    Cambridge, United States

    36 h-index

    159 publications

    26.6K citations

  8. University of Pennsylvania

    Philadelphia, United States

    36 h-index

    152 publications

    28.8K citations

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  1. Development

    209 publications · 25.1K citations

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  2. Developmental Biology

    164 publications · 16.8K citations

    74

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  3. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

    PNAS · 74 publications · 11.4K citations

    57

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  4. Biology of Reproduction

    110 publications · 8.6K citations

    52

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  5. Nature

    49 publications · 23.4K citations

    42

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