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The transcriptional repressor Blimp-1 acts downstream of BMP signaling to generate primordial germ cells in the cricketGryllus bimaculatus

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A Transcriptomic-Phylogenomic Analysis of the Evolutionary Relationships of Flatworms

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(2013) Labib Rouhana et al.   DEVELOPMENTAL DYNAMICS

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Genetic Regulators of a Pluripotent Adult Stem Cell System in Planarians Identified by RNAi and Clonal Analysis

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(2012) L. Rouhana et al.   DEVELOPMENT

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A functional genomic screen in planarians identifies novel regulators of germ cell development

(2010) Y. Wang et al.   GENES & DEVELOPMENT

Notch and Egfr signaling act antagonistically to regulate germ-line stem cell niche formation in Drosophila male embryonic gonads

(2010) Y. Kitadate et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Genome-Wide Analyses Reveal a Role for Peptide Hormones in Planarian Germline Development

(2010) James J. Collins et al.   PLOS BIOLOGY

Critical Function of AP-2gamma/TCFAP2C in Mouse Embryonic Germ Cell Maintenance1

(2009) Susanne Weber et al.   BIOLOGY OF REPRODUCTION

Spoltud-1 is a chromatoid body component required for planarian long-term stem cell self-renewal

(2009) Jordi Solana et al.   DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY

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Complex genome-wide transcription dynamics orchestrated by Blimp1 for the specification of the germ cell lineage in mice

(2008) K. Kurimoto et al.   GENES & DEVELOPMENT

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(2008) Masashi Yamaji et al.   NATURE GENETICS

The PIWI proteins SMEDWI-2 and SMEDWI-3 are required for stem cell function and piRNA expression in planarians

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