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Masukichi Okada1, Satoru Kobayashi1
1Institute of Biological Sciences, University of Tsukuba, Sakura-mura, Ibaraki 305, Japan.
Development, Growth & Differentiation
|June 7, 2023
Abstract:
Some polar plasm components are UV-sensitive. Messenger RNA extracted from oocytes or cleavage embryos can to induce pole cells in embryos that have been deprived of ability to form pole cells by UV-irradiation. This article reviews studies on the role of this mRNA in the developmental pathway leading to germ cell formation.

