Weisblat David A
Dept. of Molecular and Cell Biology, 385 LSA, University of California, Berkeley, 94720-3200, USA.
Curr Biol. 2006 Jun 20;16(12):R453-5. doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2006.05.034.
Asexual reproduction in the annelid Enchytraeus japonensis entails the regeneration of primordial germ cells from body parts that lack gonads. New primordial germ cells arise from piwi-expressing germline stem cells that are distinct from somatic stem cells.
日本带丝蚓的无性繁殖需要从缺乏性腺的身体部位再生原始生殖细胞。新的原始生殖细胞源自表达piwi的生殖系干细胞,这些干细胞与体干细胞不同。