Accumulating evidence indicates that epigenetic modifiers have key roles in genome-wide reprogramming and activation and repression of specific genes during mammalian germ-cell development.

Malignant testicular germ cell tumors are the most common cancers diagnosed in males ages 15 to 39 in the U.S., though incidence has increased by almost 40% in the last 50 years.

Germ cell tumors are a less common type of ovarian ... through the vagina (transvaginal ultrasound), or both. Additional ...

MARCH 13, 2024 — Fertility requires proper development of egg and sperm. This development begins with an epic journey of egg and sperm precursors called primordial germ cells from their place of ...

Using high-resolution rapid imaging, which did not exist to study ... retracting blebs mediate motility in zebrafish primordial germ cells in vivo. Notably, cortical actin filaments were absent ...