primordial germ

collocation in English

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primordial
adjective
uk
/praɪˈmɔː.di.əl/us
/praɪˈmɔːr.di.əl/
existing at or since the beginning of the world or ...
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germ
noun
uk
/dʒɜːm/us
/dʒɝːm/
a very small organism that ...
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Isolation of pluripotent stem cells from cultured porcineprimordialgermcells.
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Shortly after fertilisation of the egg and during the earliest stages of vertebrate embryogenesis a finite number of non-dividingprimordialgermcells are produced.
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Apoptosis in mouseprimordialgermcells: a study by transmission and scanning electron microscope.
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Two monoclonal antibody defined cell surface markers of mouseprimordialgermcells.
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Derivation of pluripotent stem cells from cultured humanprimordialgermcells.
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More rounded outline as compared with theprimordialgermcell.
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After migration,primordialgermcells begin their developmental programmes of oogenesis.
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There is controversy in the literature as to whenprimordialgermcells become oogonia.
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Observations of.the movements of the livingprimordialgermcells in the mouse.
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The c-kit receptor is involved in the adhesion of mouseprimordialgermcells to somatic cells in culture.
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Behavior of livingprimordialgermcells of livestock in vitro.
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Stem cells fromprimordialgermcells can reenter the germ line.
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Stem cell factor and leukemia inhibitory factor promoteprimordialgermcell survival by suppressing programmed cell death (apoptosis).
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Behaviour of chickprimordialgermcells moving towards gonadal primordium in vitro: scanning electron microscope study.
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Mouse oocytes derived from in vitro grownprimordialgermcells in culture.
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This cytoplasm, pole plasm, contains specialized materials called polar granules and the pole cells are the precursors toprimordialgermcells.
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Microscopic examination typically reveals uniform cells that resembleprimordialgermcells.
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Theseprimordialgermcell-like cells were then used to create spermatozoa and oocytes.
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In mammals, a few cells of the early embryo are induced by signals of neighboring cells to becomeprimordialgermcells.
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