For example, follicle cells, i.e., somatic cells surrounding oocytes, interact directly with female germ cells on their apical side and contribute to egg production.

These primordial germ cells are initially “bipotent” — able to become either sperm or eggs. But while the embryo is still snug in the womb, its bipotent cells commit to one path or another and once ...

Valerie Reinke, a geneticist whose research explores gene regulation in germ cells, was recently appointed the Harvey and Kate Cushing Professor of Genetics. The appointment, which was approved ...