Cell lineage analysis of the mammalian female germline.

Fundamental aspects of embryonic and post-natal development, including maintenance of the mammalian female germline, are largely unknown. Here we employ a retrospective, phylogenetic-based method for reconstructing cell lineage trees utilizing somatic mutations accumulated in microsatellites, to stu...

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Main Authors: Yitzhak Reizel, Shalev Itzkovitz, Rivka Adar, Judith Elbaz, Adrian Jinich, Noa Chapal-Ilani, Yosef E Maruvka, Nava Nevo, Zipora Marx, Inna Horovitz, Adam Wasserstrom, Avi Mayo, Irena Shur, Dafna Benayahu, Karl Skorecki, Eran Segal, Nava Dekel, Ehud Shapiro
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS Genetics
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3285577?pdf=render