Cell
Volume 132, Issue 4, 22 February 2008, Pages 559-562
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Germ Cells Are Forever

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Germ cells are the only cell type capable of generating an entirely new organism. In order to execute germline-specific functions and to retain the capacity for totipotency, germ cells repress somatic differentiation, interact with a specialized microenvironment, and use germline-specific networks of RNA regulation.

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