Reproduction Abstracts

Introduction: Primordial germ cells (PGCs) are specified during early mammalian post implantation development. They are precursors of adult animals gametes and are considered stem cells of germline. Most of PGCs studies were performed in rodents or human with limited studies in other mammals such as canine. We have recently demonstrated a model to derive embryonic germ cells (EGC) in canine species.Materials and methods: We isolated canine embryos betwee...