ABSTRACT
In Anura the primordial germ-cells are discernible in the dorsal crest endoderm of tail-bud stages of development and may be traced from this position throughout their migration into the undifferentiated gonadal rudiment. These facts have been established by the descriptive studies of a number of workers (see review by Johnston, 1951), the cells being recognizable by their large size, the retention of yolk platelets long after their disappearance in neighbouring cells, the sharply defined and often kidney-shaped nuclear membrane, and the poor staining affinity of the nuclear contents.
Copyright © 1962 by Company of Biologists
1962
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