ReviewTrends in genetics : TIG2017
Stay Connected: A Germ Cell Strategy.
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- Ring canals in the larval adipose of Drosophila buffer stress response.The Journal of cell biology · 2026Article
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- To Be or Not to Be an Oocyte: Msps/XMAP215 Controls Oocyte Cell Fate in thebioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2026Article
- Female Germline Cysts in Clitellate Annelids: Organization, Functioning, and Diversity.Results and problems in cell differentiation · 2026Review
- Early female germline development inProceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2025Article
- Examination of Germline and Somatic Intercellular Bridges in Hydra vulgaris Reveals Insights into the Evolutionarily Conserved Mechanism of Intercellular Bridge Formation.Molecular biology and evolution · 2025Article
- Adaptive evolution of CENP-T modulates centromere binding.Current biology : CB · 2025Article
- Intercellular bridges are essential for transposon repression and meiosis in the male germline.Nature communications · 2025Article
- A tug-of-war between germ cell motility and intercellular bridges controls germline cyst formation in mice.Current biology : CB · 2024Article
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- The Shot CH1 domain recognises a distinct form of F-actin during Drosophila oocyte determination.Development (Cambridge, England) · 2024Article
- Female Germline Cysts in Animals: Evolution and Function.Results and problems in cell differentiation · 2024Review
- The Ancient Origin and Function of Germline Cysts.Results and problems in cell differentiation · 2024Article
- An oocyte meiotic midbody cap is required for developmental competence in mice.Nature communications · 2023Article
- A model of replicating coupled oscillators generates naturally occurring cell networks.Development (Cambridge, England) · 2023Article
- The three-dimensional conformation and activity of mitochondria in syncytial male germ line-cysts of medicinal leeches.Cell and tissue research · 2023Article
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- An oocyte meiotic midbody cap is required for developmental competence in mice.Research square · 2023Article
- The dynamic duo of microtubule polymerase Mini spindles/XMAP215 and cytoplasmic dynein is essential for maintainingProceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2023Article
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Abstract
Germ cells develop as a cyst of interconnected sibling cells in a broad range of organisms in both sexes. A well-established function of intercellular connectivity is to transport cytoplasmic materials from 'nurse' cells to oocytes, a critical process for developing functional oocytes in ovaries of many species. However, there are situations where connectivity exists without a nursing mechanism, and the biological meaning of such connectivity remains obscure. In this review, we summarize current knowledge on the formation of intercellular connectivity, and discuss its meaning by visiting multiple examples of germ cell connectivity observed in evolutionarily distant species.
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