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Franck Bontems1, Amandine Stein, Florence Marlow

  • 1Department of Zoology, University of Geneva, 1211 Geneva 4, Switzerland.

Current Biology : CB
|March 3, 2009
PubMed
Summary

The bucky ball (buc) gene is essential for organizing germ plasm in zebrafish, a crucial step for gamete formation. This discovery identifies the first vertebrate gene necessary and sufficient for germ plasm organization.

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