Study of Planarians Offers Insight Into Germ Cell Development (IMAGE)

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, News Bureau

Study of Planarians Offers Insight Into Germ Cell Development

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Phillip Newmark, a professor of cell and developmental biology, and graduate student Yuying Wang report that planarians share some important characteristics with mammals that may help scientists tease out the mechanisms by which germ cells are formed and maintained.

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