ReviewBiology of reproduction2013
Toward a more precise and informative nomenclature describing fetal and neonatal male germ cells in rodents.
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- Mechanisms of human germ cell development.Nature reviews. Molecular cell biology · 2026Review
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- Dynamic transcriptomic and regulatory networks underpinning the transition from fetal primordial germ cells to spermatogonia in mice.Cell proliferation · 2025Article
- RGS14 binds to GNAI3 and regulates the proliferation and apoptosis of human spermatogonial stem cells by affecting PLPP2 expression and MAPK signaling.Frontiers in cell and developmental biology · 2025Article
- Pregametogenesis: The Earliest Stages of Gonad and Germline Differentiation in Anuran Amphibians.Biology · 2024Review
- DIS3 ribonuclease is essential for spermatogenesis and male fertility in mice.Development (Cambridge, England) · 2024Article
- Retinoic acid is dispensable for meiotic initiation but required for spermiogenesis in the mammalian testis.Development (Cambridge, England) · 2023Article
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- The single-cell chromatin accessibility landscape in mouse perinatal testis development.eLife · 2023Article
- Reconstitution of Human Prospermatogonial Development from Human-Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells.Methods in molecular biology (Clifton, N.J.) · 2023Article
- Transcription and chromatin regulation by TAF4b during cellular quiescence of developing prospermatogonia.Frontiers in cell and developmental biology · 2023Article
- Core binding factor subunit β plays diverse and essential roles in the male germline.Frontiers in cell and developmental biology · 2023Article
- Introduction: The Why's and How's for Studying Spermatogenesis and Spermatogonial Stem Cells.Methods in molecular biology (Clifton, N.J.) · 2023Article
- Generation of germ cell-deficient pigs by NANOS3 knockout.The Journal of reproduction and development · 2022Article
- Decoding the Spermatogenesis Program: New Insights from Transcriptomic Analyses.Annual review of genetics · 2022Review
- Sertoli cell and spermatogonial development in pigs.Journal of animal science and biotechnology · 2022Article
- Intrauterine Hyponutrition Reduces Fetal Testosterone Production and Postnatal Sperm Count in the Mouse.Journal of the Endocrine Society · 2022Article
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Abstract
The germ cell lineages are among the best characterized of all cell lineages in mammals. This characterization includes precise nomenclature that distinguishes among numerous, often subtle, changes in function or morphology as development and differentiation of germ cells proceed to form the gametes. In male rodents, there are at least 41 distinct cell types that occur during progression through the male germ cell lineage that gives rise to spermatozoa. However, there is one period during male germ cell development-that which occurs immediately following the primordial germ cell stage and prior to the spermatogonial stage-for which the system of precise and informative cell type terminology is not adequate. Often, male germ cells during this period are referred to simply as "gonocytes." However, this term is inadequate for multiple reasons, and it is suggested here that nomenclature originally proposed in the 1970s by Hilscher et al., which employs the terms M-, T1-, and T2-prospermatogonia, is preferable. In this Minireview, the history, proper utilization, and advantages of this terminology relative to that of the term gonocytes are described.
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