Zebrafish vasa is required for germ-cell differentiation and maintenance

Oocyte polarity requires a Bucky ball-dependent feedback amplification loop

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Reversal of Female Infertility by Chk2 Ablation Reveals the Oocyte DNA Damage Checkpoint Pathway

(2014) E. Bolcun-Filas et al.   SCIENCE

Germ cells are required to maintain a stable sexual phenotype in adult zebrafish

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A systematic genome-wide analysis of zebrafish protein-coding gene function

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Isolation, characterization and propagation of mitotically active germ cells from adult mouse and human ovaries

(2013) Dori C Woods et al.   Nature Protocols

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Retinoic Acid Metabolic Genes, Meiosis, and Gonadal Sex Differentiation in Zebrafish

(2013) Adriana Rodríguez-Marí et al.   PLoS One

nanos3 maintains germline stem cells and expression of the conserved germline stem cell gene nanos2 in the zebrafish ovary

(2012) Rebecca L. Beer et al.   DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY

Oocyte formation by mitotically active germ cells purified from ovaries of reproductive-age women

(2012) Yvonne A R White et al.   NATURE MEDICINE

Purification of Oogonial Stem Cells From Adult Mouse and Human Ovaries: An Assessment of the Literature and a View Toward the Future

(2012) Dori C. Woods et al.   Reproductive Sciences

The DEAD-box RNA helicase Vasa functions in embryonic mitotic progression in the sea urchin

(2011) M. Yajima et al.   DEVELOPMENT

mRNA helicases: the tacticians of translational control

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Divergent RNA-binding Proteins, DAZL and VASA, Induce Meiotic Progression in Human Germ Cells Derived in Vitro

(2011) Jose V. Medrano et al.   STEM CELLS

Vasa genes: Emerging roles in the germ line and in multipotent cells

(2010) Eric A. Gustafson et al.   BIOESSAYS

A Role for Vasa in Regulating Mitotic Chromosome Condensation in Drosophila

(2010) Jun Wei Pek et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

The ziwi promoter drives germline-specific gene expression in zebrafish

(2010) David H. Leu et al.   DEVELOPMENTAL DYNAMICS

MVH in piRNA processing and gene silencing of retrotransposons

(2010) S. Kuramochi-Miyagawa et al.   GENES & DEVELOPMENT

brca2 in zebrafish ovarian development, spermatogenesis, and tumorigenesis

(2010) H. R. Shive et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Sex Reversal in Zebrafish fancl Mutants Is Caused by Tp53-Mediated Germ Cell Apoptosis

(2010) Adriana Rodríguez-Marí et al.   PLoS Genetics

Molecular Cloning and Functional Characterization of a Zebrafish Nuclear Progesterone Receptor1

(2009) Shi X. Chen et al.   BIOLOGY OF REPRODUCTION

Bucky ball functions in Balbiani body assembly and animal–vegetal polarity in the oocyte and follicle cell layer in zebrafish

(2008) Florence L. Marlow et al.   DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY

Flatworm stem cells and the germ line: Developmental and evolutionary implications of macvasa expression in Macrostomum lignano

(2008) Daniela Pfister et al.   DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY

Germ line control of female sex determination in zebrafish

(2008) Kellee R. Siegfried et al.   DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY

Zili is required for germ cell differentiation and meiosis in zebrafish

(2008) Saskia Houwing et al.   EMBO JOURNAL

Xenogenesis in Teleost Fish Through Generation of Germ-Line Chimeras by Single Primordial Germ Cell Transplantation1

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