Identification of a putative germ plasm in the amphipod Parhyale hawaiensis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Specification of the germ line is an essential event during the embryonic development of sexually reproducing animals, as germ line cells are uniquely capable of giving rise to the next generation. Animal germ cells arise through either inheritance of a specialized, maternally supplied cytoplasm called 'germ plasm' or though inductive signaling by somatic cells. Our understanding of germ cell determination is based largely on a small number of model organisms. To better understand the evolution of germ cell specification, we are investigating this process in the amphipod crustacean Parhyale hawaiensis. Experimental evidence from previous studies demonstrated that Parhyale germ cells are specified through inheritance of a maternally supplied cytoplasmic determinant; howev

SUBMITTER: Gupta T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3878990 | biostudies-literature | 2013 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature