Origin and segregation of the human germline

Aracely Castillo-Venzor; Christopher A Penfold; Michael D Morgan; Walfred WC Tang; Toshihiro Kobayashi; Frederick CK Wong; Sophie Bergmann; Erin Slatery; Thorsten E Boroviak; John C Marioni; M Azim Surani

doi:10.26508/lsa.202201706

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Origin and segregation of the human germline

View ORCID ProfileAracely Castillo-Venzor Correspondence email, Christopher A Penfold, View ORCID ProfileMichael D Morgan, View ORCID ProfileWalfred WC Tang, Toshihiro Kobayashi, Frederick CK Wong, Sophie Bergmann, View ORCID ProfileErin Slatery, Thorsten E Boroviak, John C Marioni, View ORCID ProfileM Azim Surani Correspondence email

Aracely Castillo-Venzor

1Wellcome Trust/Cancer Research UK Gurdon Institute, Henry Wellcome Building of Cancer and Developmental Biology, Cambridge, UK

2Wellcome - MRC Cambridge Stem Cell Institute, Jeffrey Cheah Biomedical Centre, Cambridge Biomedical Campus, Cambridge, UK

3Physiology, Development and Neuroscience Department, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK

4Centre for Trophoblast Research, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK

Roles: Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Validation, Investigation, Visualization, Writing—original draft, Project administration, Writing—review and editing

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For correspondence: araa.venzor{at}gmail.com

Christopher A Penfold

1Wellcome Trust/Cancer Research UK Gurdon Institute, Henry Wellcome Building of Cancer and Developmental Biology, Cambridge, UK

2Wellcome - MRC Cambridge Stem Cell Institute, Jeffrey Cheah Biomedical Centre, Cambridge Biomedical Campus, Cambridge, UK

3Physiology, Development and Neuroscience Department, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK

4Centre for Trophoblast Research, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK

Roles: Conceptualization, Resources, Data curation, Software, Formal analysis, Supervision, Validation, Investigation, Visualization, Methodology, Writing—original draft, Project administration, Writing—review and editing

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Michael D Morgan

7Cancer Research UK Cambridge Institute, University of Cambridge, Li Ka Shing Centre, Cambridge, UK

8European Molecular Biology Laboratory, European Bioinformatics Institute, Wellcome Genome Campus, Cambridgeshire, UK

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Walfred WC Tang

1Wellcome Trust/Cancer Research UK Gurdon Institute, Henry Wellcome Building of Cancer and Developmental Biology, Cambridge, UK

3Physiology, Development and Neuroscience Department, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK

4Centre for Trophoblast Research, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK

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Toshihiro Kobayashi

5Division of Mammalian Embryology, Center for Stem Cell Biology and Regenerative Medicine, The Institute of Medical Science, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan

6Center for Genetic Analysis of Behavior, National Institute for Physiological Sciences, Okazaki, Japan

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Frederick CK Wong

1Wellcome Trust/Cancer Research UK Gurdon Institute, Henry Wellcome Building of Cancer and Developmental Biology, Cambridge, UK

3Physiology, Development and Neuroscience Department, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK

4Centre for Trophoblast Research, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK

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Sophie Bergmann

2Wellcome - MRC Cambridge Stem Cell Institute, Jeffrey Cheah Biomedical Centre, Cambridge Biomedical Campus, Cambridge, UK

3Physiology, Development and Neuroscience Department, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK

4Centre for Trophoblast Research, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK

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Erin Slatery

2Wellcome - MRC Cambridge Stem Cell Institute, Jeffrey Cheah Biomedical Centre, Cambridge Biomedical Campus, Cambridge, UK

3Physiology, Development and Neuroscience Department, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK

4Centre for Trophoblast Research, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK

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Thorsten E Boroviak

2Wellcome - MRC Cambridge Stem Cell Institute, Jeffrey Cheah Biomedical Centre, Cambridge Biomedical Campus, Cambridge, UK

3Physiology, Development and Neuroscience Department, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK

4Centre for Trophoblast Research, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK

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John C Marioni

7Cancer Research UK Cambridge Institute, University of Cambridge, Li Ka Shing Centre, Cambridge, UK

8European Molecular Biology Laboratory, European Bioinformatics Institute, Wellcome Genome Campus, Cambridgeshire, UK

9Wellcome Sanger Institute, Wellcome Genome Campus, Cambridgeshire, UK

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M Azim Surani

1Wellcome Trust/Cancer Research UK Gurdon Institute, Henry Wellcome Building of Cancer and Developmental Biology, Cambridge, UK

2Wellcome - MRC Cambridge Stem Cell Institute, Jeffrey Cheah Biomedical Centre, Cambridge Biomedical Campus, Cambridge, UK

3Physiology, Development and Neuroscience Department, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK

4Centre for Trophoblast Research, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK

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For correspondence: a.surani{at}gurdon.cam.ac.uk

Published 22 May 2023. DOI: 10.26508/lsa.202201706

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Aracely Castillo-Venzor, Christopher A Penfold, Michael D Morgan, Walfred WC Tang, Toshihiro Kobayashi, Frederick CK Wong, Sophie Bergmann, Erin Slatery, Thorsten E Boroviak, John C Marioni, M Azim Surani

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