Abstract:Embryonic germ (EG) cells, derived from primordial germ cells in the developing fetus, are similar to embryonic stem (ES) cells in terms of expression pattern of undifferentiated markers and their ability to colonize both the somatic and the germ cell lines following injection into a host blastocyst, which has been proven in mouse. Several studies using porcine EG cells have shown that it is possible to produce somatic chimeras after blastocyst injection. However, not only was the degree of reported chimerism … Show more
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