Open AccessMouse Embryonic Stem Cells Basics from a Fertilized Zygote to These Promising Pluripotent Stem Cells
Author(s) -
Carol B. Fagundez,
Mnica Loresi,
Stella M. Delcourt,
Pablo Argibay
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
intech ebooks
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Book series
DOI - 10.5772/14306
Subject(s) - embryonic stem cell , zygote , microbiology and biotechnology , induced pluripotent stem cell , stem cell , biology , kosr , embryo , genetics , embryogenesis , gene
Fig. 1. Origin of mouse embryonic stem cells In mammals, the fertilized oocyte generates a complex organism containing about 200 types of specialized somatic cells (Wobus, 2001). The zygote is considered the first entity of life and has the ability to produce an entire organism. This property, known as totipotency, is
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