Zebrafish vasa is required for germ-cell differentiation and maintenance.

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Published in Mol Reprod Dev on September 25, 2014

Authors

Odelya Hartung1, Meredyth M Forbes, Florence L Marlow

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Developmental and Molecular Biology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Yeshiva University, Bronx, New York.

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