Science · 2002 · 312 citations · 6 references
Life SciencesCell BiologyDevelopmental BiologyEmbryogenesisEmbryologyStem Cell BiologyEgg DevelopmentEmbryo DevelopmentEmbryonic DevelopmentEmbryonic Stem CellsMammalian DevelopmentMammalian EmbryologyEmbryonic Stem Cell DevelopmentMammalian Reproductive DevelopmentPrimate Development
Parthenogenesis is the process by which an egg can develop into an embryo in the absence of sperm. This process has been characterized to some extent in nonhuman primates ([1][1], [2][2]); however, to date, no primate parthenogenetic embryonic stem (ES) cell lines have been derived. Although
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