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.

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

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 ...

In utero, the blastocyst implants and all three embryonic germ layers are formed during gastrulation. Somatic stem cells are present in many fetal and post-natal tissues. Somatic stem cells are ...

The human body is made up of billions of cells. These cells grow and divide through a process called cell division. There are ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...