Up until now the discussion has focused on how the establishment and maintenance of epigenetic marks differ for PGCs versus somatic cells and in male germ cells versus female germ cells.

A new model of tiny human ovary organoids, or ovaroids, has been developed from stem cells, according to research presented ...

These issues are largely resolved by using iPS stems cells that arise from somatic cells because they can be recovered from an adult source. Furthermore, if cells are recovered from a human donor ...

soma cell fate decision during embryogenesis. After a flurry of cell divisions from the starting “germ cell” (i.e. united egg and sperm), somatic cells begin to exit the cell cycle as the DREAM ...

soma cell fate decision during embryogenesis. After a flurry of cell divisions from the starting “germ cell” (i.e. united egg and sperm), somatic cells begin to exit the cell cycle as the DREAM ...

This growth contains different types of somatic cells and is similar to embryonic tumors with the formation of the three “germ layers” from which different tissue types develop. Proof of cell ...

However, the impact of germ cells on somatic growth and aging in vertebrates remained unclear. The new experiments were ...

As corals age, they accumulate a number of somatic mutations—that is, mutations in their bodies rather than their germ cells—that they must live with. Baums is also interested in the genetic diversity ...