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Pole Cell Formation

Pole Cell Formation is a developmental biological process in which the primordial germ cells of Drosophila melanogaster are specified at the posterior pole of the embryo through the localized segregation of germ plasm determinants during early embryogenesis.

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The bicoid protein determines position in the Drosophila embryo in a concentration-dependent manner

Wolfgang Driever, Christiane Nüsslein‐Volhard · Cell · 1988 · 1.1K citations

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Genetic control of cell division patterns in the Drosophila embryo

Bruce A. Edgar, Patrick H. O’Farrell · Cell · 1989 · 572 citations

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Abdominal segmentation, pole cell formation, and embryonic polarity require the localized activity of oskar, a maternal gene in drosophila

Ruth Lehmann, Christiane Nüsslein‐Volhard · Cell · 1986 · 472 citations

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Transplantation of Posterior Polar Plasm in <i>Drosophila</i> . Induction of Germ Cells at the Anterior Pole of the Egg

Karl Illmensee, Anthony P. Mahowald · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 1974 · 437 citations · Full text

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tudor, a gene required for assembly of the germ plasm in Drosophila melanogaster

Robert Boswell · Cell · 1985 · 411 citations

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  1. SK
    Satoru Kobayashi

    University of Tsukuba, Japan

    18 publications · 1.4K citations

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  2. AP
    Anthony P. Mahowald

    Case Western Reserve University, United States

    13 publications · 1.9K citations

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  3. MO
    Masukichi Okada

    University of Tsukuba, Japan

    7 publications · 364 citations

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  4. AN
    Akira Nakamura

    Tohoku University, Japan

    7 publications · 883 citations

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  5. RA
    Reiko Amikura

    University of Tsukuba, Japan

    6 publications · 539 citations

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176

  1. University of Tsukuba

    Tsukuba, Japan

    16 h-index

    43 publications

    3.9K citations

  2. Indiana University Bloomington

    Bloomington, United States

    12 h-index

    24 publications

    2.7K citations

  3. Howard Hughes Medical Institute

    Chevy Chase, United States

    9 h-index

    22 publications

    2.9K citations

  4. Princeton University

    Princeton, United States

    7 h-index

    20 publications

    1.5K citations

  5. Stanford University

    Stanford, United States

    7 h-index

    21 publications

    3.3K citations

  6. McGill University

    Montreal, Canada

    6 h-index

    17 publications

    2.4K citations

  7. Harvard University

    Cambridge, United States

    6 h-index

    15 publications

    2K citations

  8. National Institute for Basic Biology

    Okazaki, Japan

    5 h-index

    15 publications

    816 citations

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  1. Development

    26 publications · 2.4K citations

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  2. Developmental Biology

    25 publications · 1.6K citations

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  3. Cell

    10 publications · 3.5K citations

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  4. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

    PNAS · 7 publications · 938 citations

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  5. Journal of Morphology

    6 publications · 515 citations

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