A primordial germ cell is a diploid germ cell precursors that transiently exist in the embryo before they enter into close association with the somatic cells of the gonad and become irreversibly committed as germ cells. [ GOC : tfm http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/1381289 ]
Term information
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- A primordial germ cell is a diploid germ cell precursors that transiently exist in the embryo before they enter into close association with the somatic cells of the gonad and become irreversibly committed as germ cells.
- gonocyte
- primitive germ cell
Term relations
- germ line cell and part of some embryo and capable of some cell motility