April 2012 (v1)
Journal article
The separation of the germ line from the soma is a classic concept in animal biology, and depending on species is thought to involve fate determination either by maternally localized germ plasm (''preformation'' or ``maternal inheritance'') or by inductive signaling (classically termed ``epigenesis'' or ``zygotic induction''). The latter...
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