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Review article
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Male germline stem cells in non-human primates
Swati Sharma
Center of Reproductive Medicine and Andrology, Institute of
Reproductive and Regenerative Medicine, Albert Schweitzer Campus 1, Building
D11, Münster, Germany
Joana M. D. Portela
Center for Reproductive Medicine, Academic Medical Center,
University of Amsterdam, 1105 AZ Amsterdam, the Netherlands
Daniel Langenstroth-Röwer
Center of Reproductive Medicine and Andrology, Institute of
Reproductive and Regenerative Medicine, Albert Schweitzer Campus 1, Building
D11, Münster, Germany
Joachim Wistuba
Center of Reproductive Medicine and Andrology, Institute of
Reproductive and Regenerative Medicine, Albert Schweitzer Campus 1, Building
D11, Münster, Germany
Nina Neuhaus
Center of Reproductive Medicine and Andrology, Institute of
Reproductive and Regenerative Medicine, Albert Schweitzer Campus 1, Building
D11, Münster, Germany
Stefan Schlatt
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Center of Reproductive Medicine and Andrology, Institute of
Reproductive and Regenerative Medicine, Albert Schweitzer Campus 1, Building
D11, Münster, Germany
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This review provides an introduction to the in vivo and in vitro germline stem cell terminology and physiology in non-human male primates. Primordial germ cell specification, migration and expansion are compared among species, and the usefulness of pluripotency markers is discussed taking immunohistochemical and molecular evidence during postnatal developmental stages into consideration. The concept of germline plasticity is critically reviewed and might present a primate-specific feature.
This review provides an introduction to the in vivo and in vitro germline stem cell terminology...
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