The Immortal Germline

<p>1. The vertebrate Balbiani body, germ plasm, and oocyte polarity<br>Allison Jamieson-Lucy and Mary C. Mullins<br>2. Genetic basis for primordial germ cells specification in mouse and human: Conserved and divergent roles of PRDM and SOX transcription factors<br>Anastasiya Sybirna, Frederick C.K. Wong and M. Azim Surani<br>3. Germ cell reprogramming<br>Kazuki Kurimoto and Mitinori Saitou<br>4. From worm to germ: Germ cell development and regeneration in planarians<br>Melanie Issigonis and Phillip A. Newmark<br>5. Heterogeneity of primordial germ cells<br>Daniel H. Nguyen, Rebecca G. Jaszczak and Diana J. Laird<br>6. Germline stem cell homeostasis<br>Jonathan O. Nelson, Cuie Chen and Yukiko Yamashita<br>7. Heterogeneous, dynamic, and stochastic nature of mammalian spermatogenic stem cells<br>Shosei Yoshida<br>8. Sperm success and immunity<br>Stuart Wigby, Susan S. Suarez, Brian P. Lazzaro, Tomaso Pizzari and Mariana F. Wolfner<br>9. A symbiont’s guide to the germline<br>Shelbi L Russell, Laura Chappell and William Sullivan</p>