Nodal/activin signaling promotes male germ cell fate and suppresses female programming in somatic cells.

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Published in Development on December 05, 2012

Authors

Quan Wu1, Kohei Kanata, Rie Saba, Chu-Xia Deng, Hiroshi Hamada, Yumiko Saga

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1: Department of Genetics, SOKENDAI, Yata 1111, Mishima 411-8540, Japan.

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