Germ-cell specification and suppression of the somatic gene expression programme might involve epigenetic modifications. Furthermore, differentiating primordial germ cells (PGCs) show global ...

Two weeks after a human egg is fertilized, primordial germ cells (PGCs), which develop into sperm and eggs, are formed. In six to 10 weeks after fertilization, PGCs differentiate into pro ...

Likewise, the team has been collecting primordial germ cells (PGCs) from Nicobar pigeons for use in bringing back the dodo.